Posted 12/29/2009 2:26 pm
Struck through versus breaking die...EASY way to tell the difference.
A struck through will ALWAYS be incuse to the coin - sunken into the design. You're striking a coin through an obstruction that keeps the metal from flowing as high as it should into the die. Result is always a depression on the coin.
A die break can jar loose from the rest of the die and slide down the cracks a little, recessing itself lower than it should be...which leaves MORE relief on the coin than should be there, effectively raising the details higher than they should be on the coin. That's what you have here.
Value? None, really...but if someone is really interested in die cracks and the such, I wouldn't think charging them a $5 finder's fee for the coin would be too much to ask...so I guess up to a $5 value might not hurt. These aren't generally viewed by the purists to be collectible errors, since they are somewhat common. But nonetheless, they are somewhat interesting and don't come along every day.
A struck through will ALWAYS be incuse to the coin - sunken into the design. You're striking a coin through an obstruction that keeps the metal from flowing as high as it should into the die. Result is always a depression on the coin.
A die break can jar loose from the rest of the die and slide down the cracks a little, recessing itself lower than it should be...which leaves MORE relief on the coin than should be there, effectively raising the details higher than they should be on the coin. That's what you have here.
Value? None, really...but if someone is really interested in die cracks and the such, I wouldn't think charging them a $5 finder's fee for the coin would be too much to ask...so I guess up to a $5 value might not hurt. These aren't generally viewed by the purists to be collectible errors, since they are somewhat common. But nonetheless, they are somewhat interesting and don't come along every day.
