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<p>[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 4535908, member: 84179"]I am curious as to why you say these are rare? </p><p><br /></p><p>It sounds like internal die breaks (die chips). It appears that almost every ATB quarter has some sort of die break. This is understandable, since the mint only has a limited time to strike each issue and has to do 5 new designs each year. By the time they figure out which areas of the die are weak and chip, they are already making the next issue. The timeline doesn’t lend itself to modify the design to improve die life.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it’s an interesting project to identify the chips and the name is catchy. I just don’t understand why you believe these are rare and desirable. Minor die chips rarely add any additional value to a coin. [USER=110337]@PacificFleet[/USER] Would you please elaborate on why these are different?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 4535908, member: 84179"]I am curious as to why you say these are rare? It sounds like internal die breaks (die chips). It appears that almost every ATB quarter has some sort of die break. This is understandable, since the mint only has a limited time to strike each issue and has to do 5 new designs each year. By the time they figure out which areas of the die are weak and chip, they are already making the next issue. The timeline doesn’t lend itself to modify the design to improve die life. I think it’s an interesting project to identify the chips and the name is catchy. I just don’t understand why you believe these are rare and desirable. Minor die chips rarely add any additional value to a coin. [USER=110337]@PacificFleet[/USER] Would you please elaborate on why these are different?[/QUOTE]
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