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Clash. CRACK. damn.

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  • tychojoetychojoe Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭
    Now there's a nice keepsake for the artist!
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  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Nice cracked die!
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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭
    Like it!
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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭
    What does the die look like?
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  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    Daniel, I'm guessing that wasn't planned? That's a massive clash, though.

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  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,932 ✭✭✭✭✭
    OUCH!

    Do you have a pic of the die?
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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,134 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like "Goldy" has a problem...
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  • OffMetalOffMetal Posts: 1,684 ✭
    I'll buy it for full price image
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    OOOPSY..... Cheers, RickO
  • NHSBaseballNHSBaseball Posts: 2,470 ✭
    The reverse bisecting die crack reminds me of my favorite half dime. I'd love to see the entire minting process, including the die clash.
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  • ModernCoinMartModernCoinMart Posts: 339 ✭✭
    It would be pretty neat to see the die after this mishap.

    But still makes for a very neat coin!
  • pmacpmac Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭
    The clash of emotions must be awkward. The coiner's dies all in shambles ("aw sh..") and the collector's collection ("aw, sweet"). You might have a cottage industry selling die clashed coins.
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,458 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image
    Ding ding ding
  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    I'll bet that the sound made you sick to your stomach. All of that work, gone in a heartbeat. image


    But the coin is coolimage
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,458 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    How does one obtain such a fine anomaly struck in gold ?
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  • zeebobzeebob Posts: 2,825 ✭
    If the dies are toast, will you be selling the dies and the coin as a set on your website?

    I'm sorry to see your efforts and time on this really nice design come to such an end, but I gotta say, the end product would certainly be a nice addition to a collectors collection (well, not mine, I'm in the selling mode, not buying, but if I were buying, I'd entertain buying and displaying the dies and coin in a nice case in a library locally or maybe on my desk at work).

    Thank you for starting the thread and posting the pics.

    Cheers,

    Bob
  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Awesome crack.
    These can be dramatic.
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    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • QuarternutQuarternut Posts: 1,481 ✭✭✭
    And sometimes engulfing...

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,553 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Die cracks are neat. They give a coin character.

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  • dcarrdcarr Posts: 8,791 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't have any pictures of the dies right now, but I haven't tossed the dies into the "rust bucket" yet. Both dies have multiple cracks all the way down the shaft, and small pieces are even loose. Note in the picture that there is a piece of die material embedded in the coin south of Mexico.

    All it took was one pressing of the dies with no planchet. The clash and all the cracks happened at the same time. There was no unusual sounds made.

    After the dies shattered, I went ahead and struck 4 more. Unfortunately, I have orders for about 70 pieces and only got 10 done before the big "error". But I still have the "sculpt", so it won't be a major ordeal to make a new die pair.

    I may sell one of these, maybe on eBay - not sure yet.
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  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,081 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>a piece of die material embedded in the coin south of Mexico. >>



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    Now there's a rarity!

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