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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hookman, post: 3462387, member: 99642&quot;]In all honesty, I am NOT an expert.</p><p><br /></p><p>Die chips can happen just about anywhere. They are caused by &quot;breaks&quot; in the die, a piece will break out of the die or a crack will form in the die, and unless the mint workers notice them, the workers will continue to use that die and continue to cause&nbsp; such errors on the coins.</p><p>When a blank coin (a planchet) is struck, the metal heats up and is then forced into the dies, filling the die and forming the design. When a die break or chip exists, the hot metal is also forced into that space, forming what we see on the column on the right. We call that a die chip. If it were on the rim it would be called a cud.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s some links to study :<a href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" rel="nofollow">lincoln-cent-bies</a></p><p><a href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/" rel="nofollow">Cuds on Coins</a></p><p><a href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Errors/Lincoln_Cent_Errors.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Errors/Lincoln_Cent_Errors.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lincolncentresource.com</a></p><p><a href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Study as much as you can.</p><p><a href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-bies/" rel="nofollow"></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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