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Would This Be A Die Chip ?

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 Posted 03/20/2011  04:40 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Wild Bill to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Would this be a die chip on the top of the "2" ?

The normal image is on the left and the chip is on the right.

And there is a "DOT" NE of the "2".



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Yep, die chip.
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 Posted 03/28/2011  12:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add pastorals to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yup, yup...I agree
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Nice find Wild Bill! Very interesting
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Is another explanation that the die has deteriorated? Take for instance the Steel nickels 1944 & 1945. I have seen excess metal surrounding the numbers. On this coin, I see that there is extra metal on the 2. Another example is the 1962 nickel. Could this be an explanation rather than a die chip?
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Everything in a die is the reverse on what's on a coin. The extra metal that you see is the result of "chipping" around the perimeter of the device. That portion of the die has broken away leaving a void which gets filled when the coin is struck appearing as extra metal.
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