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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bill in Burl, post: 26316176, member: 23692&quot;]My comments here apply to the ORIGINAL poster with a nickel that has a die crack on the Obverse, not about the lamination nickel.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Die cracks will normally start where the thinnest portion of the die makes a huge angle turn.&nbsp; It is the same with a coin die as it is with any other hard metal for whatever use, regardless the specific pressures exerted.&nbsp; On most coins, a die crack can normally form on the serifs of letters or digits and then travel to the nearest place that is feeling similar pressure from the design.&nbsp; In Jefferson&#039;s case it is the rapid change of direction to form the tip of the collar on his shirt.&nbsp; Just think about the thin segment of die recessed design that gets the full pressure that the press slams/presses onto the flat fields.&nbsp; I&#039;ve had to chase dozens of cracks on ship&#039;s decks, bulkheads and hulls in shipyards with metal 8-10 times thicker than a planchet or die for 30 years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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