10 years ago, before I cared much about errors, this was on the bay. Needed a nice 40s so I reeled it in. 3 separate cracks. Blast white so hard to photo like a proof. Tried a couple lighting sources but doesn’t matter much unless I ever sell it Enjoy
1940 s bisecting die crack cuds on coins reference it's listed. RRDC-10c- 1940-s -01 The 1940-S Winged Liberty Head dime has a bisecting rim to rim die crack on the obverse die. The die crack starts at the rime above the E in LIBERTY, goes into Liberty’s cap and into her hair. There is a junction where another die crack has formed that travels upward to the left and blind ends. The die crack re-enters the bottom portion of Liberty’s cap, passes through her neck and terminates at the opposing rim.
[Quote MS -67 early die state same crack eds.. ="Heavymetal, post: 4535107, member: 96124"]Yes but how does that change the shape of the lower crack?[/QUOTE] What determines is the die state.
1940-S merc is an interesting subset with cracked obverse dies. I have somewhere north of 20 examples with differing cracks. Here's one with the obverse die in 3 pieces.
Here's an example of Wexlers' WDDO-002 die stage B. A nice die crack that some mint worker tried to remove from the die.
I’d have to agree that it’s not a RRDC-10-1940-S. The die cracks are different and the mint mark locations are not the same. You might think about submitting it to Cuds on Coins.
Mint marks have nada to do with this .....Die pairs do..... and obv. And rev. Die can have strange bed partners..... called die marriages
And to an untrained eye a cleaned coin.... I've have had people tell me at shows look that's been scrubed.....nope it's been reworked.
True, but it can be an indication. How would you explain the difference in the die crack at the south end and the north exit crack appears (what I can tell from the pictures) goes though the upright of the E? This appears ( to me ) to be different than the RRDC-10c-1940-S-01.
There you go" true".... so they have nothing to do with.... "what does " is the obv. And rev. "Dies paired. " And again what "stage " or "state" of the dies life are we talking. A point that has been explained several times yet it isnt being understood. As you most probably have never attributed a coin as to a variety listed, Vam,etc...where a variety with the same pups can indeed be the same with different stages of the dies life when used to mint the coin.