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Pillar of the Community
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Severe die erosion, that reverse die is nearing the end of its useful life. Those lines started out as microscopic flow lines that impart luster to a coin and they get progressively larger as a die strikes more coins.
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No...very common on nickels, clad dimes, quarters and halves.
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I would disagree slightly with Foundinrolls. I think it would be a good idea to keep it as a learning tool that you can refer to, or show to others what die erosion looks like. I wouldn't keep a bunch of them but one or two like that yes I would.
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I think I will. It is a pretty strong example.
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Conder brings up a good point. If a person is relatively new to collecting, keeping an example or two of something is a great idea as a reference tool.
After you've seen a few million of them though, (literally) you see how common they are.
So for profit...no...it is not worth keeping.
For education purposes, it could be priceless.
Thanks Conder,
Bill
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Also referred to as die flow. The lines show it is a later die state. In EDS & MDS coins this would not be present. Just on LDS & VLDS coins it shows this.
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Thanks for all the info. What do those symbols mean, coop?
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EDS= early die state
MDS= middle die state
LDS= late die state
VLDS= very late die state
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Just as we age, die do also and you can tell the coins we have from examining the tell tale signs of the dies aging. Handy when identifying variety coins as to what die state they are. Sometimes early examples are best, sometimes later examples show more of the variety. But most of the time the earlier the die state the more they have a premium for them.
Thanks for the ID Biokemist6!
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