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2002 Tennessee Die Crack Obverse

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 Posted 09/19/2022  1:13 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Vipes to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Found this little gem in pocket change. I tried to crop and scale down the images to be under 300kb.
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 Posted 09/19/2022  1:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The metal movement and aging, caused the die to break on this area. That is a common area to find these die cracks. Reminds me of a Peanuts cartoon:
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They only flex so long, then they crack. The rest of the run until retirement will continue and hundreds thousands later, the die will be retired. (Or a Cud develops)
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