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Had this several years it was part of my grandfather's collection. I only just noticed a possible die crack on the reverse.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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AU-58. Die cracks are common on this later type.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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AU55. Does not appear to be a die crack.
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The mark that goes from the E in STATES to the R in TRUST looks like a die clash rather than a die crack. Cool nevertheless.   IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
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The reason I believe it's not a die crack is that when a die breaks, it leaves a line that looks like what you get when you tear paper. The edges look rough. When you have a die clash, a design from the other die transfers to the other die most likely in the fields. In clashes the marks don't usually look like rough tears, but sharper lines from the die design.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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I'd say that feature looks more like a lamination peel than a distinctive die crack. Also not a usual place for a die clash on a Morgan dollar, so I say no to clashed dies. It is a D2 reverse as it only has 16 berries rather than 17 berries on a D1 reverse.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm leaning towards a planchet flaw. It's definitely not a clash.
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Good close up magnified pic of the area would help a lot. Does not look like a die crack to me. It's not the usual place for die clash. Maybe it was hit with a sharp object, just guessing. You could check Vamworld.com, lots of listings there for 1921 Morgans. Here is overlay where clashes usually are unless the die was rotated some and a pic of one of my clashed Morgans that shows where the clashes commonly are:   Edited by livingwater
02/07/2024 8:01 pm
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Here it is at a different angle  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I agree, looks more like a plachet flaw.
Edited by livingwater
02/07/2024 8:04 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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AU-55 with a planchet flaw.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Agreed, AU with a possible planchet flaw.
Errers and Varietys.
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Would it be worth getting it graded and encapsulated?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Not worth spending the money on to have graded.
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Looks AU-58. Only the smallest amount of trace wear and good luster.
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