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Bump111 Pillar of the Community United States 3328 Posts	Posted 07/23/2017 2:43 pm What caused this crack across the Rev of the 1904 V nickel? "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae Report this Post to the Staff

WheatBackPenny Valued Member United States 406 Posts	Posted 07/23/2017 6:40 pm It almost looks like a lamination error to me, but let others give their more educated opinions. Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4596 Posts	Posted 07/23/2017 7:01 pm Lamination and/or split planchet... The cause is pretty much the same, some defect in the original metal of the planchet caused it to break under stress (typically of being struck). A lamination is more commonly seen as a flap of metal - could be detached or still attached. Split in the planchet is just a single line, it could go through the whole coin or not. http://www.error-ref.com/part-v-planchet-errors/ -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
Bump111 Pillar of the Community United States 3328 Posts	Posted 07/23/2017 7:36 pm Thanks WBP and BStrauss for your replies. The site you linked is very interesting and informative. So, since this isn't a clad coin, I wasn't considering any lamination issues. That could be it. Plus, since it looks like the crack occurred before or during the strike, that would narrow it down as well. I got this old V in change about 40 years ago and always pondered what might have caused the crack. "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 07/23/2017 7:46 pm You got it in change in the 70s? Wow! Report this Post to the Staff
Bump111 Pillar of the Community United States 3328 Posts	Posted 07/23/2017 7:53 pm Yes, I'm actually that old... And, I got it in change from the coin shop. He used to pepper the change with cull nickels and cents. It was just as much fun seeing what was in my change as getting what I went in to get. "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae Edited by Bump111 07/23/2017 7:56 pm Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 07/23/2017 8:50 pm Great story. It's equally great that you've saved it all these years. Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4596 Posts	Posted 07/23/2017 11:26 pm Metallurgical science wasn't as advanced 100+ years ago. Even 50 years ago. There was a video I watched recently about making cents at the Philly mint in the 40s... all they did was throw ingots into a rocking electric arc furnace, which didn't do a great job of mixing the metal. But it was state of the art back then. Earlier they wouldn't have even had the electric arc... -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
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