Question about Columbian coin

ajaan

Is it common for these to have so many die breaks?

IlikeZARcoins

Hi ajaan - what are die breaks ?

TIA

ajaan

Die break is when a die cracks and metal flows into the crack resulting in the raised lines as seen on the coin. There are three breaks, through the C in Columbia, the 1 in 1958, and I in Columbia.

IlikeZARcoins

Great - I'm learning !!

Appreciated.

tbirde56

Colombian coins are a hodge podge of errors and accidents. Die cracks, repunched numbers, doubling, you name it.

coinkat

Ajaan:

I doubt that such information is available, but if you knew the total number of dies used for the production of the 1 centavos coin for 1958, that may help explain the quality of the strike and characteristics such as die cracks.

Aethelred

It is quite common if the die is broken in several places.

rhound1977

Columia is more renowned for Cocaine than Crack......

coinpictures

Actually, coins from central and south american countries are a veritable cornocopia of errors inlcuding the modern era: die breaks, doubling, repunched dates, off-center strikes, rotations, etc. If you get into that kind of stuff, you can find all sorts of examples for virtually nothing in dealer junk boxes...