1845 East India Company 1/4 cent with a lot going on.

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by riff, Dec 30, 2019.

  1. riff

    riff I ain't got time to bleed

    20191230_153025.jpg 20191230_153008.jpg 20191230_153047.jpg 20191230_152906.jpg Cataloging foriegn coins again today and found this. Check out all the die cracking and spiked head.
     
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  3. Seattlite86

    Seattlite86 Outspoken Member

    Pretty cool. You can see from the radiated lines that this die is in a pretty late state.
     
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  4. riff

    riff I ain't got time to bleed

    I was wondering what caused that.
     
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  5. Seattlite86

    Seattlite86 Outspoken Member

    Thoss are actually made from metal flowing from the fields to the devices and rim. When a planchet is struck, the extra metal is forced into the raised part of the die (which creates the design/devices on the coin). When this happens enough times, the die itself starts to wear and exhibit the pattern of the metal lines flowing.
     
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