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Beedles Valued Member 79 Posts	Posted 11/12/2019 3:33 pm 2016 nickel die chip? or damage? Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 11/12/2019 3:57 pm Looks like a die chip (broken post) John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 11/12/2019 5:40 pm That nails it. Report this Post to the Staff
Beedles Valued Member 79 Posts	Posted 11/12/2019 6:12 pm broken post? sorry newish still learning to recognize these things Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 11/12/2019 6:32 pm On the die the center of the "O" would be sticking above the surface and it broke off causing the die chip.Dies are opposite of the coin,everything raised on the coin is sunk in on the dies. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34413 Posts	Posted 11/12/2019 6:54 pm @beedles, just to add a little more color to @john1's excellent explanation, when the part of the die that chips off is on a feature that is not connected to any other feature (for example, the middle of a letter O, but not the middle of a letter C), then we say that the resulting extra metal on the coins struck from this die to be from a "broken post". If this had been on a letter C, then we would have called it a die chip. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Beedles Valued Member 79 Posts	Posted 11/12/2019 7:01 pm TY all for the info. Are these of value? or just a few extra bucks? Yeah I was going off the chip "c" one that was posted here a few weeks ago. Now I have something new to look for New for me. Having trouble looking up info on broken post Edited by Beedles 11/12/2019 7:07 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Beedles Valued Member 79 Posts	Posted 11/12/2019 10:33 pm lol coop you helped me find this with your chat on a post a few weeks ago. Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 11/12/2019 10:38 pm Some people might collect these, but even if so, I doubt it would be much of a premium, I'm really not sure. Throw it in a box of "interesting" finds, or spend it. Add it to 44 more nickels and you can get a medium coffee at Starbucks. Report this Post to the Staff
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