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@UrbanDecay04 said:
So were die cracks extremely common on early American coinage or something? There seems to be a TON of old U.S. coinage in this thread.
They were common at times.
It took awhile to figure out the best die steel alloys, and how to properly harden dies.
I'm not sure about the Steel Age, but humans have been working with steel since at least 1800 BC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel#Ancient_steel
It can be very complicated, though.
And those early copper nickel coins (3CN, shield nickel) with harder metal were challenging for the dies!
@UrbanDecay04 I also have read that the dies were expensive in the day of early American coinage so even though the die was cracked or it had last year's date on it (where they would stamp over last year's date), it would still be used.
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gold, 18th century, d.o.g., bust, heraldic, $10 eagle?, cracks, just because it is wednesday lol
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1848 V-5 with the reverse lit from two different angles.
The reverse die is pretty much shattered.
1921 D Mercury. Crack from rim through T in trust
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Pretty large die crack going the length of Lincoln's jacket near the base.
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Here is one with 60+
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St. Michael's church/interior, by T. Wyon (D&H 38a).
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
Lamination or die crack?
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And a regular crack.
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They were common at times.
It took awhile to figure out the best die steel alloys, and how to properly harden dies.
I'm not sure about the Steel Age, but humans have been working with steel since at least 1800 BC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel#Ancient_steel
It can be very complicated, though.
And those early copper nickel coins (3CN, shield nickel) with harder metal were challenging for the dies!
@UrbanDecay04 I also have read that the dies were expensive in the day of early American coinage so even though the die was cracked or it had last year's date on it (where they would stamp over last year's date), it would still be used.
I like the fist paragraph of this page.
https://518616078926146539.weebly.com/the-top-25-capped-bust-half-dimes-and-how-to-identify-them.html
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Terrible picture but found on a 2021 tuskegee quarter
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I’ve been looking for a really super nice grade of one of these but never can find one
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC