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Did a 1843 Half Dollar have a week strike on the obv?

Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I'm holding this one for my friend Chuck.


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Hoard the keys.

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  • stealerstealer Posts: 4,035 ✭✭✭✭
    Holy die cracks, but they have me suspicious about the coin. How come they up and appear in the middle of nowhere (such as in the middle of the wing) and they don't seem to have any general connectivity and just appears to be a tangled mess.
  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It just blow up that is it. Not many struck after this one. I need to go home now.


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  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I to am wondering if that coin is legit.
    They do make more then Morgans and Trade Dollars over there..
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  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    not gonna be so easy to convince me this one is authentic

    only seen cracks like those on half a dozen year/mm combos. wowza
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,763 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Holy die cracks, but they have me suspicious about the coin. How come they up and appear in the middle of nowhere (such as in the middle of the wing) and they don't seem to have any general connectivity and just appears to be a tangled mess. >>



    There could be additional cracks that do not show because of the lighting. If the piece of die steel on one side of an existing crack then cracks again perpendicular to the first crack, the new crack will appear to abruptly begin (or end) at the earlier crack, while the die steel on the other side of the first crack will not be affected by the new crack.
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  • CoinZipCoinZip Posts: 3,253 ✭✭✭


    wow......the die cracks on the reverse are awesome



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  • Wolf359Wolf359 Posts: 7,663 ✭✭✭
    Nothing weak with that obverse strike.
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  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 8,989 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Nothing weak with that obverse strike. >>



    No kidding. Authenticity didn't even cross my mind. I was sort of thinking it looked proof like.
    I like it a lot.

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,763 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Nothing weak with that obverse strike. >>



    A bit weak on the right bosom and nearby hair, but no more so than is common for this design.
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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    All of the 1843 half dollars are known to have been struck with extensively cracked tail dies. One 1843 variety has been given the moniker "baseball" die crack reverse, as the pattern of die cracks traversing the reverse of the coin resemble a one dimension pattern similar to the stitching on a baseball cover.

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  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>All of the 1843 half dollars are known to have been struck with extensively cracked tail dies. One 1843 variety has been given the moniker "baseball" die crack reverse, as the pattern of die cracks traversing the reverse of the coin resemble a one dimension pattern similar to the stitching on a baseball cover. >>



    And I would think by now something as dramatic as the OP's coin would of been mentioned before now.image
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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>All of the 1843 half dollars are known to have been struck with extensively cracked tail dies. One 1843 variety has been given the moniker "baseball" die crack reverse, as the pattern of die cracks traversing the reverse of the coin resemble a one dimension pattern similar to the stitching on a baseball cover. >>



    And I would think by now something as dramatic as the OP's coin would of been mentioned before now.image >>



    Try reviewing Wiley & Bugert's "Complete Guide To Liberty Seated Half Dollars". It has been in print since 1993.

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  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    I love the smell of die cracks in the morning...
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  • sniocsusniocsu Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭
    I would question this coin's authenticity; but it is beautiful
  • kookoox10kookoox10 Posts: 538 ✭✭✭
    It's like a porcelain plate dropping on the floor and breaking into 10 or so pieces...I like it!
  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I love the smell of die cracks in the morning... >>



    image Yep, me too!
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  • TPRCTPRC Posts: 3,814 ✭✭✭✭✭
    FWIW, I think it is real, pretty well struck (just look at the star centers) and was cleaned, a bit harshly perhaps, to remove what looks like environmental damage.

    Tom

  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Whats up with the stripes on the shield ?
    The coin looks like it has had some serious work done to it.
    Shame because it started out as a nice coin.
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"

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