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Double Mint Pillar of the Community United States 810 Posts	Posted 06/20/2008 07:10 am i dont know if this is in the books already or not but I found another interesting error. Again this an repeated error so this came from the same die. Its not really a big deal but its interesting. This is an 1981 P. Image: jefferson1.jpg 69.64 KB Image: jefferson2.jpg 36.55 KB Report this Post to the Staff

mikediamond Pillar of the Community United States 2734 Posts	Posted 06/20/2008 09:19 am Some sort of die damage. Probably a die gouge or a narrow die dent. Error coin writer and researcher. Report this Post to the Staff
Double Mint Pillar of the Community United States 810 Posts	Posted 06/20/2008 09:42 am Thx for the reply: This coin is weird in a way though. The coin has what looks like a Cud but the dates overtop of the Cud. The coin isn't indented its sticking out. Curious question how many different dies are used each year to make coins? And another thing how many coins does one die make? Report this Post to the Staff
florida Valued Member United States 417 Posts	Posted 06/20/2008 11:57 am Kind of reminds me of some coins which have scrapes in a perfect circle, in the field around the whole coin. What causes those anyways? Report this Post to the Staff
seattleMD Valued Member United States 405 Posts	Posted 06/20/2008 12:47 pm florida - that damage is caused by coin rolling machines :) Report this Post to the Staff
thingee Pillar of the Community United States 2177 Posts	Posted 06/20/2008 3:04 pm I think that's an interesying-looking nickel. Can you get a close-up shot? Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 06/20/2008 3:54 pm Looks like a large die gouge. The reason it flows through the letters is that the outside edges of the dies are the fields. When something makes a gouge in the metal, usually only the outside edge is affected. The devices are located deeper into the field and the gouging object doesn't affect that area. Thus the line through devices. Hope this helps. Report this Post to the Staff
seattleMD Valued Member United States 405 Posts	Posted 06/20/2008 4:13 pm 1913 - die usage for business strikes varies from anywhere between 70,000 to over a million strikes before the die is replaced. It depends on the coin's alloy and the coin's design, as well as how well the mint worker maintains the die. Being as nickel is a harder metal, my guess is the nickel dies lasted on the lower end of that range. Perhaps between 100k and 500k strikes? There were 657,504,000 nickels minted at Philadelphia in 1981, so we can assume the number of dies used ranged from 1,314 to 6,575. Report this Post to the Staff
Double Mint Pillar of the Community United States 810 Posts	Posted 06/20/2008 5:34 pm Thx for the replys. Heres a closeup for ya thingee. Image: closeup.jpg 95.51 KB Report this Post to the Staff
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