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1998-P Kennedy Half Dollar Shattered Die

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Here's one I found recently. I thought I'd share it with ya'll. I actually found three from the same die, all in different stages. Unfortunately I can't find the one with the shortest Die Crack. The first four pictures are of the latest stage and the last three are of the mid stage. The earliest stage showed the crack formed at he shallowest part of the die, the middle bottom of the neck. it travelled west to the point of the neck and turned south west but went only halfway to the rim. It was the only crack.
The last three pics show the mid stage, where the crack completes it's run to the rim.
The first four pics show the formation of another crack that runs from the original crack in a southwesterly direction and another crack that runs from the cheekbone north to the eyelid, and south to meet with the original crack.
This is hard to follow I'm sure, but you can see for yourself. I think it makes for an awesome coin. No doubt the die didn't last much longer. Comments welcome.


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Edit: I lost one crack when I tweaked the pic, hopefully you get the idea though. Edit: Wait a minute, there it is down low in the sixth pic.
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07/29/2017 1:21 pm
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 Posted 07/29/2017  1:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add OldJoeClark to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Those are some neat ones there CoinMasters, I like that!
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 Posted 07/29/2017  1:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinMasters to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks Joe, glad you like it. I was happy to find this one.
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 Posted 07/29/2017  1:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Crazyb0 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Always neat to find ones in stages of death throes. Been looking recently at the "why" of die cracks. Has to do with the depth of detail on die in points or corners most often. The corners have the greatest stresses placed upon them when stamped. They'll start at corners or high points of coin (deepest incuse element) and radiate to edge of die(rim). Interesting on yours that radiating crack intersected where it did. Enjoyed studying them!
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Glad you stopped by Crazyb0. Yes, this one definitely shows them starting from the shallowest parts of the die. I can't prove it, but I believe the top crack started at the deep cheekbone and ran north and south. As far as the points like the tip of the neck, I think the abruptness of the shallowness to the field makes it even more prone to cracking than shallowness alone. I think that's why we see them on corners of buildings so much.
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Nice! :)
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Nice looking half
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 Posted 07/29/2017  11:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinMasters to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks ya'll, I couldn't throw this one back.
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I wouldn't either. Nice ones
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 Posted 07/30/2017  11:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinMasters to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks Newbie, and thanks to all for the comments.
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