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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 2423817, member: 1765&quot;]It can wear off, but that doesn&#039;t seem to be the case here.&nbsp; Instead, it seems that the die break wasn&#039;t severe (deep) enough to cause a crack at the 1.&nbsp; The parts of the die that have been punched with something are effectively work-hardened a little more at the site of the punches than in the fields, so they may crack differently there, or not at all.&nbsp; You can frequently observe die cracks that connect letters or stars together on Morgan dollars.&nbsp; Sometimes these become cuds, but usually the work-hardened letters and stars seem to hold the dies together.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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