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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 2700024, member: 84179&quot;]The crack is in the die.&nbsp; As the die is pressed into the planchet, metal from the planchet flows into the crack leaving a raised line on the coin.&nbsp; I would classify a chip as when part of the die breaks off, such as the inner loops of dates, letters, MM, or “BIE” errors.&nbsp; Both will be raised on the coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; I’m sure paddyman or someone has a link to a formal definition[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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