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Pillar of the Community
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Got this one in a ziploc of wheats that I got.   |
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@old, just to be clear, are you talking about the left wheat sheaf? Looks like it only contacts the rim on one side for this coin.
"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."
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Bedrock of the Community
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Die chips in left wheat stalk?
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Pillar of the Community
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That's what I am referring too.
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Pillar of the Community
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Wouldn't that be a die crack? I see where it touches the rim. That could lead to a die break right?
Edited by VestigeWolf
10/28/2021 10:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice find! That's a big bug!
-makecents-
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Yes I think a die crack is a bit better description, although as the crack progressed, it would have produced pre-cuds on coins soon enough.
"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
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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I don't see it here but pay attention to when you have a bug on the left wheat leaf and many times, there will be a corresponding BIE.
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Bedrock of the Community
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When the die crack connects to the rim on the upper area, then the die will break down more and progress to the rim to rim crack, then to the Retained Cud and sometimes to the Cud on the reverse. But several hundreds of thousands of coin could be struck before all of that happens. So the die is just experiencing a flesh wound at this point. More cents to be struck though before retirement or death to the coin when a Cud happens. (Thus why there are so few strikes on a Cud. It is end of life and the die, dies) |
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice die crack, thanks for sharing.
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Bedrock of the Community
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And, looking at the last 5 in 1955, it appears you have an emerging poor man's doubled die (early Die Deterioration). All-in-all, a classic '55 Wheat cent, with the warts to show for it. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice find. Love the stages of these progressions. Something in favor of using the dies way to much.
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Very nice find on this coin.
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Posted 10/28/2021 10:04 pm
