die break?

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[eagames]

They often crack at the corners of the building.
That one's pretty big.

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ok forgive me for being uniformed but......

A die break would cause a "raised" area, such as above, on a coin.
But as in pic 3 it, to me, looks like it kinda wraps around to the edge of the coin. is this possible.

Thanks
Mike

[Bob P]

It is very much possible Mike. Remember that a die crack is incuse on the die, meaning a raised line on the struck coin. This particular die was almost ready to break it seems, and the die cracked around the periphery. It wasn't much longer before a cud would had formed if the die crack continued on to another portion of the rim.

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Eventually if the die is continued to be used, it can break even more and leave a retained cud. I was looking at a coin once and couldn't decide what it was.

After I posted the image it was brought out that it is a retained cud. You can see the cud moved and the design it miss aligned.

[Dick]

Mike, those breaks are pretty common on the'82, and '83 cents. I have them with a crack from both corners of the "penthouse", and the two base points. They are one of the things I hang on to. No added value, but a nice curiosity factor. Along that, Mike, you will find a very large nuimber of the Statte Series will have a crack that runs across the top of the base of the bust, and many times run all the way to the rim on the left side, clear to the rim.. I have seen a couple that also go from the :pony-tail, down to the rim, as well. I'm sure that if the diees were left for much longer, they would result in a CUD.
Dick

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sorry everyone this is on a 1993P