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Can You Spot The Die Chip On This 1955 Fifty Cent Piece?

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SPP-Ottawa started it yesterday. Here's another..

The intricacy of the 50c design always amazes me. Somewhere on this one is a fairly obvious die chip, hiding in plain sight. I can't mention the year of this 50c because anyone who has a copy of Paul's study could find it right away.

Can you spot the Die Chip?
Hint - it's not connected to the mark above the ring.

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Between the loop of the Lions tail at 9:00 O'clock.
There is also a couple of dots beside the Lions that
might also be die chips.
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What's with the last 5 in 1955? Looks like a piece is missing.
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Oh my goodness, you probably guessed the year right. I had another photo with that area blanked out that I had intended to post. Oh well.

Nope not lions tail.

Hint, it's somewhere on the shield. Very obvious, in plain sight but it blends into the design so well that it's difficult to notice.

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On the top left hand side of the harp
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On the top left hand side of the harp


You got it.

It just looks like it belongs there.
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A die chipless harp.

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A die chipless harp.

Bugger, It looked like a chip on your other image So it has to be the extra "Bud" on the left hand side of the Maple branch
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Bugger, It looked like a chip on your other image So it has to be the extra "Bud" on the left hand side of the Maple branch



Nope, you were exactly right on the first time!

The second image I posted was a different 50c, just for the sake of showing others (who aren't totally confused by now) what an ordinary harp looks like.
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