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Someone posted this as a split obverse die...

KurisuKurisu Posts: 2,228 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited March 14, 2022 6:14PM in U.S. Coin Forum

I'm certainly no error expert but my first thought was a struck through die cap with some kind of wire holding it on or something.

Ohhhh I have a feeling I'm going to be so wrong about this lol.

Anyway...it was just posted on reddit in r/coincollecting

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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 40,130 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That lower portion is awfully straight and uniform for a die crack

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    ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Struck thru a split die cap.

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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 40,130 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’m surprised the split isn’t more ragged…

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    BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,819 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Talk about a nail through the head. :)

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    StrikeOutXXXStrikeOutXXX Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I saw that in one of the Facebook groups, I linked him here for its near twin.

    http://cuds-on-coins.com/split-dies-on-10-cent-coins/?fbclid=IwAR24tGCIVZbnG8XNIwuh9jr71KeSOyWTtM75o3m-86kZxMeZA0BIfCtAu5o

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    OldhoopsterOldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very worn die with a large crack/split. The cuds on coin pic appears to be the same obverse die

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,775 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very interesting.

    Pete

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,194 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Would like to see better pictures before I could be sure, but my first impression was a very late strike from a cap that got jammed into the crack in a split die.

    Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 40,130 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very interesting stuff

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    MedalCollectorMedalCollector Posts: 2,103 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It’s a spit die (or at least two large radial die cracks). AND it was struck through a die cap.

    These are very common and I’m surprised by the variety of different answers provided here.

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    WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 7,276 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Wayne

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice dime error... The above explanations (cap, split die) seem to explain it....Interesting to see two examples... Cheers, RickO

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    seanqseanq Posts: 8,836 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:
    Would like to see better pictures before I could be sure, but my first impression was a very late strike from a cap that got jammed into the crack in a split die.

    This is exactly how I would describe it, it wouldn't surprise me if the die cap was what held the die together long enough to allow it to strike the OP's coin.

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