After you've searched a lot of coins, then you start to see that some 'so called error' coins are common. Die breakdown as the die ages. The dies are intended to do one job. To strike coins. All wear out and are eventually retired. So to me getting excited about a die crack, chip, break and other common events, you realize that when these happen in the LDS die state and the die is continued to be used till retirement, a large number of the so called errors, make up a large percentage of the coins.
It is often when a
Cud develops, then interest should be shown.
When a die shows a rim to rim crack all the way across a coin, they are just a few of these.
When a die splits, there will only be a few of these as these dies are often retired earlier, and less of these errors are out there.
How often does a die split off and is struck into a coin?
Once. There will be several
Cuds struck with this die. But it is often a retirement issue.
Thus cracks, chips, even some breaks will not retire a die. A die can strike sever hundred thousand more coins before retirement. So some die event coins will be real interesting to new collectors, but seasoned collectors will shun them until they get into a die event worthy of notice.
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Posted 09/16/2019 09:03 am
