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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Thats a die crack that connects to both them blobs that you pointed at. Can you get a nice close pic of the date and the LIBERTY?
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Pillar of the Community
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The blobs are die chips, and the line is a die crack. Remember that Cuds are ONLY on the edge of the design. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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It is a common area for breaks also. They get tall enough that you can feel them with a fingernail. This one is a 2007.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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They do appear to be from the same die, the second picture is the earlier of the two. You can see on the upper die chip where the crack branches and comes back to itself. Then on the first picture you can see where that section has chipped out lengthening the upper blob.
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Pillar of the Community
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Same die? Ones a 2006 and the other a 2007. Is it possible?
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I would say that's an interior die break no die chip
Jazzcoins Joe
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rockdude
he's talking about the 2 2006's in the first post
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nope! Each year has a new master die made for them. It is just a design weakness that happens to the dies after use. I have always thought in my mind, that die cracks happen during clashes. I've read nothing confirming this, but target areas seem to happen on most dies. IF, this was true the only area of contact that may of happened on this area is a couple of letters.  So it isn't know yet what causes these cracks except for the pressure of the striking. |
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Sorry Conder101 my mistake. I should have pay attention to the first post.  |
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COOP, SWEET OVERLAYS,i do not usually agree with some terminology, however this seems to be an obvoius die break and has developed into a larger crack,in spots, so much that larger pieces were broken away from the original die leaving a void to be filled in the die and transferred to the planchet when struck on a planchet, giving the cudlike effect. I know the term Cud is a reference to exactly this only, known to be at or around the coins perimeter or rim.That said I would have to call this a filled void, from the die, transferred to the struck coin, leaving a "cud-like blob or metal mass"in its place, just my opinion, BE WELL, MIKE... |
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Bedrock of the Community
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The 2007 example has all three elements. On the edge of the large break you can see crack lines. On the Center on the left a new chip is forming and the rest you see is the die break. Always nice to see all three elements in a shot. But it is overall called a die break. Part of the die is crumbling away and the crack/chip/break get wider as the die continues to break down. When that quarter of the die breaks of, then it will be a Cud providing they use it that long. |
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thank you all for your input, I will keep them for my future searching. thanks again!
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