1869 Circulated Shield Nickel - Die Breaks?

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Ralph Pillar of the Community United States 1582 Posts	Posted 10/28/2010 1:13 pm This isn't a fantastic find, but I thought it was interesting - thought I'd share it with y'all. Scans are kinda fuzzy (six year old scanner) but they'll still give you an idea of the (what I believe are) multiple obverse die breaks. Do you think that's what they are, or are they the result of something else? Ralph Report this Post to the Staff

SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 10/28/2010 1:16 pm No doubt they're die cracks/breals. Shield nickels are notorious for them. Report this Post to the Staff
14ers Valued Member United States 230 Posts	Posted 10/28/2010 1:46 pm Thank you for posting this. Sometimes I wounder how the dies even held together. Report this Post to the Staff
robbudo Pillar of the Community United States 2757 Posts	Posted 10/29/2010 12:44 am The metal was tough on the dies. They didn't last long (compared to, lets say, the Indian cents) and resulted in numerous cuds/die cracks. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 11/01/2010 08:50 am The obv is showing die cracks not die breaks. Difference being that on die breaks a piece of the die has actually broken away leaving a raised lump on the coin. On the reverse the tops of the D in UNITED and the first S in STATES are examples of hub breaks. Those parts of the letters on the raised hub that was used to make the working die were broken away. So no cavity was impressed into the die and the coins struck from the die have the tops of the letters missing. Report this Post to the Staff
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