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Message:: [QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 801154, member: 18157"]Personally, I love die cracks and cuds on early US coppers. I think they give the coin character...evidence of the tough times during which the coins were made.  Here's a coin I picked up a while back. I didn't need another 1866 IHP, but when I saw this one, I couldn't pass it up. My photography skills are lacking so I'm not sure if you can see all the detail, but this coin is riddled with die cracks which (imho) make it a GREAT coin! :thumb: The reverse has two major cracks that run from the rim to the interior of the wreath, then back to the rim again. They're borderline cuds, rather than cracks.  The obverse has a variety of smaller cracks that run along the letters and back to the rim. There's die deterioration in the field above the headress, between "states" and "of".  The most interesting crack on the obverse (imo) is a verticle crack that runs from the bust, over the top of the "1", and to the rim. I'm afraid my pictures don't do this coin justice...it looks great "in hand". <img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/1866-Obv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/1866-Rev2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]