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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;beef1020, post: 2393322, member: 24544&quot;]I think this is a case of &#039;to each there own&#039;.&nbsp; I am personally not a fan of die cracks per se, but to the extent they are easy die attribution points I find them very interesting.&nbsp; Now, I don&#039;t collect modern coins by die variety (or at all really), but for collecting large cents they are very informative.&nbsp; They help attribute coins and as you point out can show progression of die wear.&nbsp; I really enjoy the variety attribution aspect of late date large cents in particular, and die cracks, cuds, and die states in general is specifically what drew me to that area of numismatic study.&nbsp; It provided much more enjoyment/engagement for me than collecting series of coins where the only difference is which date is on the coin.&nbsp; But that is coming from someone with 20 varieties of 1851 large cents, so I&#039;m not putting series collectors down.</p><p><br /></p><p>I appreciate your comment on value, and I think it does need to be said and adds value to the discussion.&nbsp; Die breaks in and of themselves do not generally add value to coins.&nbsp; In fact, they would decrease the value in my mind for type/date sets as they are in fact minting defects.&nbsp; However, to the extend that die breaks can be used to identify rare varietes, and rare varietes are often rare exactly because the die failed early in the minting process, coins with die breaks can bring very large premiums.&nbsp; But people need to understand it&#039;s not the die breaks add value, it&#039;s the rarity of the variety, and not every coin with a die break is a rare variety.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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