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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;playpossum0985, post: 1809214, member: 23806&quot;]I fully understand the progression of the cracks getting more pronounced as the die deteriorates.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe this coin was struck through a piece of debris that actually made the die face shatter immediatly in the pattern you see. If you look closley at the pics you will see all edges are crisp with some area&#039;s showing the very begining&#039;s fracture. If the die shattered on this very strike, due to debris, all the pieces of the die would just barely move while the press is fully closed and the planchet locked in the collar. At this point there is no place for the fragments to go to leave CUD&#039;s. When the press opened, this coin was ejected and only then would any pieces of the broken die fall out to make room for cuds. I&#039;m sure if this happened, by looking at the fracture lines on this coin,&nbsp; the next planchet would have really taken the die to the next level of destruction and would have been found when they shut down the line. Well.... I believe they missed this one!</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my theory anyway!</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on the fact that there is no glue <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> !</p><p>No major damage to the devices</p><p>No clash marks.</p><p>All damage is definatly restricted to the face of the die.</p><p>One large and clean indentation, in a bare field, giving an initial impact point from a foreign object, that was capable of creating stress fracturing of the die face fractions of a second before the press was fully closed,</p><p>And o yeah did I mention... NO GLUE!)</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is on it&#039;s way to Jody (priority) for better pictures and verification of no foreign substance on the surfaces. I&#039;m looking forward to clearing my credibility round these parts![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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