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Found this while coin hunting. Is this the actual error? Thank you all in advace.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Indeed these are both die chips, commonly found on cents of this date.  to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog
09/05/2024 5:32 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yes, die chips. Often on 1950s wheat cents, the reverse will have issues too.. What does the reverse for this coin look like?
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Pillar of the Community
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Agree with above. Would also like to see full images of both sides.
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Die chips are not errors they are die events. John1  |
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to CCF. Yep, these would be die chips  |
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There are several types of mint errors. Die chips and breaks and such are known as "die errors" since they happen on the coin die and thus show up on coins struck after the die is damaged. This is different from "die variety" since these anomalies (RPMs, doubled dies, etc) happen during the die making process, and thus are present on every coin struck from those dies.
Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.comEdited by rmpsrpms
09/05/2024 10:35 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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To CCF! Nice Die Chips. Errers and Varietys.
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Nice die chip example. |
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Pillar of the Community
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to the CCF. I agree with John1 on the Die Event diagnosis. Die Chips, Cracks, etc. are part of the natural degradation of the die, and by definition, should not be considered an error. |
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to the CCF |
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Pillar of the Community
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The problem with calling something an "event" is that most anything that happens can be classified that way. Thus a brockage is a "striking event", as are off-centers, die caps, etc. A DDO would be a "hubbing event" while an RPM would be a "mintmark punching event". We need to be more specific in our terminology, not less. |
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@rmpsrpms, I don't have a problem calling this an event, because it is not an error. From Merriam-Webster:
: something produced by mistake
a typographical error
especially : a postage stamp exhibiting a consistent flaw (such as a wrong color) in its manufacture.
By definition, Die Chips are not an error, so consequently they cannot be described as such.
Perhaps a better way to describe a Die Chip, Die Crack, or things of that nature would be, Die Event, specifically Die Chips, Cracks, RIDB, etc. This should apply to any anomaly that doesn't meet the definition of "error".
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Folks have been arguing about these definitions for decades, and it's doubtful we'll ever come to an agreement.
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Posted 09/05/2024 5:36 pm
