why are some die deterioration issues collectable and others not?

I use to like die cracks also but I graduated to Cuds. Don't be a Crack head if you can be CUD!!
Now I'm feeling a little Off-center.....

 

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Crack head with retained CUDs.

Z

 

I would never pay more than face for md.

 

Collect what you want. What you collect is your business.

 

If crack is what you're after . . . . .

Z

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Beautiful bisecting crack!

 

And Bilevel meaning that half of the die face has been displaced.

 

Where are the retained cuds? All I see are full cuds.

Except in this case the die was designed that way. It ISN'T cracked.

 

It sure would be fun to make. Even though it has that Medal look, it is a good representation of a bilevel bisecting die crack.

 

It's a Gallery Mint piece designed to be a copy of the 1796 C-1 half cent. Every C-1 has that bisecting die crack.

 

This is also a die deterioration issue. only the more valuable kind. To get rid of this multiple clash, the mint will have to do a heavy lapping and polishing to the die surface to remove it.
The thing is that once the evidence has been removed, the die pairing becomes less desirable.

 

Dansco has a hole specially for this one.

Image stolen from PCGS Coinfacts.

 

I have a Kennedy half-dollar that has doubling and I'm pretty sure it's machine doubling the pretty impressive I'll have to post a picture tomorrow.

 

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Some people collect that 1855 (N-9) by die stage. I've seen a collection that had something like 12 stages from pristine new die to the terminal stage where the die break gets pretty big.