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LUCKOFTHEIRISH

Guess which THREE coins are mine on page 34?

cladking

Great! More die cracks in my future.

Can't wait to see them.

LUCKOFTHEIRISH

CLADKING,
The most fun of all is searching for them, and finding one. To own one is also a neat feeling.

cladking

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I've found several nice coins made from cracked and broken dies. One of my favorites is
of little value but is a 1983-P quarter with a major cud on each side. There are dozens of
die cracks and some severe die gouges that appear to have been caused by pieces of the
die being caught up in a strike.

I found it the same day that Coin World ran a picture of the same coin in high grade from
a slightly earlier die state. Though, of course, these dies must have been deteriorating fast.

LUCKOFTHEIRISH

You would think that todays metalurgist's, and inspections would all but eliminate this problem.