Die State?????

bigtonydallas

Is there a good reference on learning to determine the die state for coins? Is it just intuitive? Picture the side of a letter as an "L" for early die state. a "{" for middle. a "(" for late die state???

joeykoins

Man getting deep! You must be a perfectionist. I'm not totally clear on what your asking?

koynekwest

Tony-

None that I know of but there should be one-die state is a very important and very overlooked characteristic for all coins, especially doubled dies.

lasvegasteddy

deep cameo....cameo....just proof
not all inclusive but illustrates die state

BillJones

There books on die states for half cents, and they are frequently mentioned in strudies for early die varieites. In these cases, dies states can be worth a big premium, especially those pieces with rare die states like an 1811 C-1 half cent with a two star break instead of the much more common four star break. As you move up in time, die states tend to be less important. As a matter of fact on a fairly recent coin, a late die state can be a negative.

joeykoins

Ah, I love learning on this board.

johnny9434

what comes to mind is the 1882 o/s morgan silver dollars. i do see some that have the eds ( early die state ) and the lds (late die state). where that is learned ( amongst the others is what i would like to learn as well. jmo i all