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Thunderbolt die crack on this 1839 Large Cent
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It's PCGS MS64 (not mine)
I think it's kind of cool
I think it's kind of cool
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neat bisectors and nice coins.
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I have the same one, but in a considerably lower grade than that beauty.
Interestingly enough, the N-1 39/6, Head of '36 variety, and the N-12 Booby Head all have
late die state bisecting obverse cracks.
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The "Normal Head has a "pimple" (raised area) in the same location.
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What is going on (with both of these imaged Silly Heads) with the hole in the ear?
There are numerous dies, obverse and reverse on several denominations, in this era that have holes like this in the center. The best theory I have heard, which I believe is correct, is that the hubs had small holes in their centers so that when they lined up a cone-shaped die blank under the hub they could line up the point of the cone in the hole in the hub to make sure that the die and hub were properly centered.
After it was hubbed, the die would have a small pimple in the middle formed by the hole in the hub. It would be very simple for the engraver to whittle this pimple away before the die was hardened, leaving just the intended design, but sometimes he forgot to do so. The result was a coin with a hole in the center.
TD
Really neat die crack on a classic coin. Thanks for posting it
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