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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;silentnviolent, post: 1809200, member: 8797&quot;]My avatar was struck through a fragment of metal that was caught in the chamber and struck multiple times prior to my coin being struck. No two strike through errors are alike, even when the same obstruction causes multiple error coins; that is because the object will change position from one coin to the next.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As far as cracks in the dies go, they will remain the SAME from one coin to the next until the crack expands farther. The same crack will be exhibited on many coins until it progresses from one rim of the coin to another, at which time the die is broken and the damage is so pronounced that mint QC personnel usually spot it and pick it out.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here are a couple of threads I recently started on some finds, for you to compare:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/15-piece-1958-1c-die-crack-progression-set.237705/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/15-piece-1958-1c-die-crack-progression-set.237705/">http://www.cointalk.com/threads/15-piece-1958-1c-die-crack-progression-set.237705/</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/1961d-lmc-new-die-variety-discovery.235507/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/1961d-lmc-new-die-variety-discovery.235507/">http://www.cointalk.com/threads/1961d-lmc-new-die-variety-discovery.235507/</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As you can see, before a die shatters it is only cracked. The cracks are raised on the coin and progress until the die &#039;shatters&#039;. Your coin shows no die cracks; therefore it could not possibly be a shattered die.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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