1943 Steel Cent Die Break Progression Set

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TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 08/10/2010 02:28 am I bought two of these from a nice member here. I went hunting for the reverse of a 1943 UNC with some characteristics of the reverses of the die break and the Cud examples before the die cracked. I think I may have been successful? If you look closely, you will see a small blob on the inside of the N in CENT and a wavy line continues up through the bottom of the E in ONE then continues outward at a north-eastern direction to a fairly large area that appears to be a bit shallow. I can see similarities of all these characteristics on all three coins. Does anyone agree with me that I might have the same unbroken die example married up right with the other two? If so, I think it makes my set a bit better. Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

Pinenut Valued Member United States 462 Posts	Posted 08/10/2010 04:36 am Is there anything on the obverse that would suggest the beginning of the die crack at the bottom of the bust? I would think that weak points on the die are relatively common from die to die. That is why Cuds tend to form in the same place on Jeffs, for example. So I think that you would have to find at least one other die marker to make a convincing argument. But it does look promising. Does BT have the rest of the roll of 43's? Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 08/10/2010 3:51 pm The marks on the reverse are die clashes. They happened a lot on the Steel cents. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 02/15/2011 12:24 am The problem with the images on the 1943 is that the before image on the reverse there is a die crack from O on ONE. The later images don't contain the die crack. So the coins are from two different reverse dies. Report this Post to the Staff
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