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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Hi all I have just started going through a few coins given to me a couple of years ago. A couple of coins in I found this quarter with a cracked die on the obverse.   Thanks Merv |
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Moderator
 United States
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from the image posted, it sure looks like a die crack to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Certainly not a cracked die. A die crack perhaps, but maybe only a scratch.
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Moderator
United States
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I'm on the fence on this one too @frog. It really looks a lot like a scratch (damage).
"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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like a scratch to me as well.  |
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Valued Member
 United Kingdom
86 Posts |
It is a raised line on the surface of the coin & not a scratch into the surface, so as a raised line it must have been caused by a scratch or crack in the die itself.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
549 Posts |
If it is raised, which it looks like to me, yes, it is a die crack or gouge.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19118 Posts |
I'm leaning toward die crack. Closer-in, large and sharp photos would be welcome.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7505 Posts |
What is really needed is a better close up with lowered white balance.
It looks like it could be either or from this image.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
86 Posts |
Hi all, sorry this is dragging out but I am still a newbee & still trying to learn a lot of things. (it doesn't help when you're old as well, it takes a while for things to sink in)  I now think that it is probably a scratch on the die & not a crack, if it was a crack it would probably have to start from the edge of the coin & work inwards. I'll see if I can manage to get a couple of better pictures. Thanks Merv |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It is a common area to find these die cracks.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi Merv. Check out the site Cudsoncoins.com. Check the Spike Head section. Click on Washington quarters 1932-1998. Their number SKH-25c-1994P-01 looks close to yours. If you find out it is a crack on yours and the crack does connects to rim. Then yours might be a different find. Cuds will be helpful for other issues you will run across. Hope this helps. |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Hi RobO411
Thanks for the web address, I checked it out & have left a message for them to contact me.
Merv
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2404 Posts |
With Cudsoncoins you send the pictures by email to them there's no charge.
JC Stevens will check them out and verify if it is a Spike Head and if so and if it's not already listed he'll list it.
Follow the instructions on how to send pictures.
Click on. Attributions guide on what to do.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Firstly I want to say a BIG thank you to everybody that has commented in this thread, it has been a great help to me. I have been on the cudsoncoins site & seen so many great coin errors that I think I'm hooked. I will have to go through my collection (only a few thousand coins) and have a closer look for scratched or cracked dies. Then I'll have to check all the coins that I have in boxes,bags & tins that I have not got around to sorting. Once again THANK YOU ALL.  Merv |
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