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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 25853194, member: 105571&quot;]The die failure described in the OP is typically called a &quot;die chip&quot;.&nbsp; The term &quot;die break&quot; is more general and all-inclusive and can also include die cracks.&nbsp; Die chips usually occur where there is a stress concentrator at a small cross-section area of the raised portion of the die.&nbsp; This is most often seen at letters and numbers and is more often seen in small coins where the devices and thus the cross-sections are uniformly smaller and thus the stress concentration higher.</p><p><br /></p><p>These die chips were practically ubiquitous in the early decades of the mint when the die steel was sub-par compared to today.&nbsp; These chips are critical to determining die state and emission order.</p><p><br /></p><p>I collect capped bust half dimes (1829-1837) by die marriage (124 collectible marriages and remarriages) and die chips appear everywhere in this coinage.&nbsp; Below are some of the most commonly see die chips in this series.&nbsp; Note that the die chips occur at sharp corners and at isolated &quot;posts&quot;.&nbsp; I&#039;ve only shown reverse chips but typical die chips on the obverses occur mostly in the loops of the 8 and 3 in the date.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1648032[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1648033[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1648034[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1648035[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1648036[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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