British India die crack?

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Aidan_(), Jun 28, 2014.

  1. Aidan_()

    Aidan_() Numismatic Contributor

    Howdy Y'all,

    I was looking at some of my British India coins, and I noticed a line on this Anna quarter. Is this a die crack? (pic comparison below) And check out the elephant!

    Thanks
    Aidan
     

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  3. kanga

    kanga 65 Year Collector

    Since it's just on the bust and not in the field AND it's relatively smooth and linear I would characterize it as a die scratch.
     
  4. Numismat

    Numismat World coin enthusiast

    It does travel into the field, pretty clear die crack.
     
  5. kanga

    kanga 65 Year Collector

    I look for one or more of several features for die cracks:
    -- the ridge travels to the rim, and/or
    -- the ridge travels in part along the edge of a feature, and/or
    -- the ridge is a bit irregular/jagged.

    I won't say "No" to it being a die crack, but for now I'll stick with a die scratch.
     
  6. d.t.menace

    d.t.menace Member

    I think die crack too. It reminds me of the ones you see on Peace dollars and Washington quarters.
     
  7. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    I think it is a die crack and here is why. It is a very fine line and it is continuous. If you lightly scratch the field of the die you are likely to have a fine relatively straight line. But when you lightly scratch across the irregular surface of the cavities of the dies design your scratch is going to skip and jump from one area of "high relief" in the die (low relief on the coin) to the next and jump over those areas of "low relief" in the die (High relief on the coin). A crack, being in the actual body" of the die will tend to be continuous and affect both high and low areas equally.
     
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  8. kanga

    kanga 65 Year Collector

    Very good point.
    I'll come over to the "crack" side.
     
  9. Aidan_()

    Aidan_() Numismatic Contributor

    Thanks all for the verification on this piece.
     
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