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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;longnine009, post: 1467030, member: 1886&quot;]The mint had serious issues with their&nbsp; dies in the 50&#039;s. I have Jean Cohen&#039;s book that</p><p>catalogs over 6,000 cracks and breaks on&nbsp; Lincolns up to 1967. She used a Margood stamp</p><p>and hand drew cracks and breaks for each one--cracked skulls, spiked heads, BIEs</p><p>chips etc.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039; ashame that book was never updated or continued. I heard that John Wexler was going</p><p>to publish a new BIE handbook with photos--the one from 70&#039;s is also drawings. I don&#039;t</p><p>Know what happened with it. It was probably about 7 or 8 years ago that I heard that. But</p><p>I&#039;m not aware of any knew book.</p><p><br /></p><p>Too bad. Failed die errors on Lincolns are numerous, inexpensive and fun. And grading</p><p>takes a back seat. A craked skull won&#039;t look any better on MS70 than MS60.&nbsp; And for</p><p>BIEs even XF&#039;s are good enough. But references are just way out of</p><p>date.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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