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malissadawn Pillar of the Community Canada 1931 Posts	Posted 08/05/2008 05:17 am I have an 1882 us 5 cent coin. I am noticing a few places on the coin that have marks or design where they don't belong. I did the best close ups I could get. Does anyone else see what looks like a tiny little duck standing on top of the 1? lol I know I sound nuts just LOOK before you laugh. Report this Post to the Staff

MorgansRmine Pillar of the Community United States 1219 Posts	Posted 08/05/2008 08:42 am malissa, coming off the arrow point is a minor die break. The rest appear to be die chips. Report this Post to the Staff
rockdude Pillar of the Community United States 1807 Posts	Posted 08/05/2008 11:22 am malissa, nice pictures. What are you using for your close-ups? Report this Post to the Staff
malissadawn Pillar of the Community Canada 1931 Posts	Posted 08/05/2008 4:13 pm Hi, for my close ups I put my camera on the macro setting, then I hold a magnifying glass with 10x magnification over the lens. A little weird, but it works. Report this Post to the Staff
foundinrolls Pillar of the Community United States 3507 Posts	Posted 08/05/2008 5:27 pm The dies for these nickels are noted for often developing cracks and chips. It is difficult to find Shield nickels that don't have die breaks, or die chips:-) Also to point out something that coppercoins mentions now and then. With todays eyes we might want to call these errors. At the time the coin was minted, they used dies until they literally broke apart. Die cracks , chips and even some Cuds were a normal part of the process back then. Die hard (Hey, that's a good one:-) sheild nickel fans use these cracks and chips as die markers but they seldom consider them errors. Have Fun, Bill Edited by foundinrolls 08/05/2008 5:30 pm Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 08/05/2008 11:28 pm Also the obverse die has extreme die wear. The letters on "IN GOD WE TRUST" are almost missing the details because of the heavy die wear. Reverse is a nicer die state. Probably replaced the reverse die somewhere along the way. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 08/07/2008 11:01 am I have to say I like the ducky. I'm surprised no one else commented on it. Report this Post to the Staff
mycrob Pillar of the Community United States 2602 Posts	Posted 08/07/2008 1:39 pm QUACK :) If it looks like a duck and QUACKS like a duck, well.... Report this Post to the Staff
Amazon99 Pillar of the Community United States 2443 Posts	Posted 08/08/2008 5:02 pm Nothing out of the ordinary for the series. It does look like a duck. The Duck variety! Report this Post to the Staff
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