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Are extensive die cracks common on large cents?

Skrill90Skrill90 Posts: 264 ✭✭✭
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Saw some really wicked cracking on this large cent. Is this common for large cents to have such extensive die cracks? This one is pretty evident and adds to the eye appeal IMO.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1817-N-12-R-3-PCGS-MS-62-BN-CAC-Matron-or-Coronet-Head-Large-Cent-Coin-1c/264279534693?hash=item3d8849ac65:g:rfkAAOSwZVNcr8ok

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  • PurfrockPurfrock Posts: 545 ✭✭✭

    There are a few varieties of middle date large cent where this sort of cracking is fairly common.

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  • BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,794 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very common. Here's one I have:

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,441 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very common on certain varieties within certain dates:



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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,441 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,140 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Common on that year. Scarce later except amongst the reverse lettering.

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  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • 3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How many gins did the mint employees have at sun up to not see that those dies were wasted? ;)

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As evidenced by the above posts, die cracks were fairly common on the cents... Many have been posted here over the years. When I used to go to coin shows out west, I saw a lot of them. May even have one or two myself. Cheers, RickO

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 34,172 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @3keepSECRETif2rDEAD said:
    How many gins did the mint employees have at sun up to not see that those dies were wasted? ;)

    The dies get used till they are unusable. Die preparation was expensive. That's why you have so many reworked dies, even into the 20th century.

  • kazkaz Posts: 9,168 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 16, 2019 5:00PM



    I hope they used those dies till they disintegrated. I love the die cracks. Drink up boys!

  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭

    How about a reverse shattered die? 1827 N-7 Wheelspoke

    Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.
  • SusanD215SusanD215 Posts: 3 ✭

    Can someone tell me if this is a die crack or post-mint damage?

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,325 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JRocco said:

    is that a double profile you got there?

  • Bigbuck1975Bigbuck1975 Posts: 1,262 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I seem to recall that a lot of the Randall hoard coins have die cracks but I may be mistaken.

  • HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SusanD215 said:
    Can someone tell me if this is a die crack or post-mint damage?

    You should start your own thread.

  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @johnny9434 said:

    @JRocco said:

    is that a double profile you got there?

    Yup. I love the double profile CBH's from this era and didn't see many cents with this feature so I was
    happy to spot this one.

    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭

    @Bigbuck1975 said:
    I seem to recall that a lot of the Randall hoard coins have die cracks but I may be mistaken.

    You are not mistaken.

    Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.

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