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Pillar of the Community
United States
668 Posts |
Picked this one up a couple of weeks ago. Finally got around to taking pix. Bought it cause I think the obverse die crack is interesting then noticed the 5 in 25 is re-punched. Gene    |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Very interesting...I dont think any of my 1870 25c repunched 5s have the obverse die crack..  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1442 Posts |
Or this one  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1442 Posts |
Or this one  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
I like die cracks and yours is a goodie.
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Moderator
 Canada
10463 Posts |
Impressive die crack. Odd that it does not go to the rim on either end...
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
6514 Posts |
That die was not long for this world after striking your coin. Nice crack. Also nice find on the repunched 5. Is this commonplace with Canadian coins? @kanga If I could be silly. When I read. Quote:
I like die cracks. The song," I like big butts and I cannot lie" popped into my head but with the lyrics," I like die cracks but I cannot lie".  Now it's stuck in my head. Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 |
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
5178 Posts |
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Odd that it does not go to the rim on either end... Actually, that's just generally an odd place for a die crack. Normally they show up on the fields, not right across the deepest parts of the die. ...wait, how certain are you that it's actually a die crack? Maybe it's just a scratch or something? |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
668 Posts |
Definitely a die crack as it is raised up from the surface.
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Moderator
Canada
10463 Posts |
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Valued Member
Canada
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Actually, that's just generally an odd place for a die crack Die cracks in the carved features are not that uncommon in early dies. The Zoell books are full of die cracks in crowns or between leaves ... but this one is spectacular |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice find and nice Die Crack! That's impressive.  Errers and Varietys.
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Posted 06/03/2018 04:56 am
