Error VS variety has been debated for decades I think. Lets post some photos depicting die cracks. Here is an 1885 V-Nickel with a die crack on the obverse: Here is what happens when the die crack evolves into a cud.
Shattered dies are essentially a bunch of die cracks and die breaks, does that mean that shattered dies do not count as mint errors?
Here is one I have personally owned and photographed myself, and more info...http://error-ref.com/Numerous_intersecting_bi-level_die_cracks.html http://error-ref.com/Broas_Brothers_Pie_Bakers_Shattered_Die.html Definition, according to error-ref.com...
Put me in the I like Die break coins . I'm still sorry I got overbid on a common CWT with the most die cracks and clash marks I've ever seen on a coin or token . I swear I don't know how that die held up to make so many of this late die state , but it definitely raised the price . Though I don't think I would pay more for a O-104b than a O-104a . Where do we draw the line . Are we going to start issuing letters for the length the stars next .
Dang , I didn't see non-cents post , that's the CWT I was bidding on though the breaks and clashing were at least double of that coin .
If this is the coin you mean Bill, reasonably certain that the line in the fields at 6 o'clock is not a die crack but a die scratch. Or possibly a centering mark used by the die sinker.
Yes that's it! Whatever it is, it still looks like he's taking a whizz. Thanks for posting it. Guess both our memories are still intact.
Would you all consider die clashing to be a mint error? Seems to reason that if a die crack is not (because the problem is with the dies), that a die clash would not be considered an error either. See link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1808-BUST-H...30?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item519e0f4192
I am in the die cracks are cool category - not a mint error, but as Doug mentioned a flaw. On modern coinage - no offense to anyone - I can see them as being undesirable for a collection. Yet I still have a couple that I think are cool. For modern coin maybe impacting the price of the coin. Now for classic coinage I don't think it hurts the price and in some cases increases the price. As for die clashes - I don't think of them as mint errors either. I think some of them are cool also. I have a dollar coin where you can read liberty on the reverse. Here is one bought solely for all the die cracks:
Hmmmm. It is my understanding that a "die crack" is the result of the "state of the die" much the same that a "worn die" (which produces doubling) is. So, my feeling is that a "die crack" is no more a mint error than "die deterioration doubling".
Check-out the Roosevelt dime in this link. It includes a really neat die crack. I have one like it somewhere but mine goes from 12:00 to 6:00. http://error-ref.com/Numerous_intersecting_bi-level_die_cracks.html
Bill die cracks are rarely straight lines like that. So when you see a raised straight line on a coin it's usually been caused by something else happening to the die.
I know. It was the coin image that "was it." I try to minimize my words too much since posting with a cell phone. Sorry about the confusion.
