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<p>[QUOTE="jtlee321, post: 2709093, member: 73983"]Here is a 1964-D Washington Quarter I picked up recently. I originally posted it in the Under $50.00 thread. I decided to do some high magnification imaging of the die crack/break showing at least two displaced field breaks on this gorgeous quarter. I utilized an imaging technique known as focus stacking to render a composite image that no camera would be able to produce using a single exposure. The average number of exposures in the following images are around 100 for each image. Each exposure had the focus point manually shifted through the depth of the frame.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had a lot of fun on this and I used a piece of software for the first time to render the images. The software is called Helicon Focus and was a heck of a lot better in my opinion than Photoshop, which is what I had been using up to this point.</p><p><br /></p><p>Enough of the camera geek talk, on to the eye candy. The height of this die crack/break is rather impressive. It's the reason I nicknamed it "The Great Wall of George". It extends from the rim just left of the date where it travels NW and then splits just W of the top of the 1 in the date. The main break continues N and then cuts E towards the base of George's bust and travels along the top of the ridge. The secondary crack travels SE from the main break across the top of the 1 and then turns NW and joins the main break again. The area within the encirclement of the main and secondary breaks is displaced and can be seen in the images below. The main break continues along the base of George's bust and into the ribbon. It then turns SE and slowly fades and just makes it to the rim again.</p><p><br /></p><p>The area to the left of the main break where it starts at the left of the date has a very high degree of displacement and appears almost shelf like. The main break along George's bust is very wide and full of chips. I don't think this die lasted in production much longer beyond this die state. If a later die state exists for this die, I would really love to see it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I find these types of coins to be very fascinating and will buy them whenever I come across them. I hope those of you who like die cracks and breaks enjoy this one. I would add, that had this been a Morgan Dollar with this kind of break, I'm sure the VAM'ers would be all over it like Vampires at a blood bank. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's an angle looking directly down at the coin and shows the crack/break in it's entirety. This is from a single image.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]611267[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's an image that show's the height of the break in relation to the height of the devices.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]611268[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This one show's the displacement of the fields near the rim.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]611259[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This one show's the displacement in the encircled area within the main and secondary breaks.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]611266[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And finally this is just another angle that show's the height of the break and the size of the chips just east (in relation to the orientation of the image) of the 1 as well as a large die chip in the field to the east (again in relation to the orientation of the image) of the main break.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]611265[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jtlee321, post: 2709093, member: 73983"]Here is a 1964-D Washington Quarter I picked up recently. I originally posted it in the Under $50.00 thread. I decided to do some high magnification imaging of the die crack/break showing at least two displaced field breaks on this gorgeous quarter. I utilized an imaging technique known as focus stacking to render a composite image that no camera would be able to produce using a single exposure. The average number of exposures in the following images are around 100 for each image. Each exposure had the focus point manually shifted through the depth of the frame. I had a lot of fun on this and I used a piece of software for the first time to render the images. The software is called Helicon Focus and was a heck of a lot better in my opinion than Photoshop, which is what I had been using up to this point. Enough of the camera geek talk, on to the eye candy. The height of this die crack/break is rather impressive. It's the reason I nicknamed it "The Great Wall of George". It extends from the rim just left of the date where it travels NW and then splits just W of the top of the 1 in the date. The main break continues N and then cuts E towards the base of George's bust and travels along the top of the ridge. The secondary crack travels SE from the main break across the top of the 1 and then turns NW and joins the main break again. The area within the encirclement of the main and secondary breaks is displaced and can be seen in the images below. The main break continues along the base of George's bust and into the ribbon. It then turns SE and slowly fades and just makes it to the rim again. The area to the left of the main break where it starts at the left of the date has a very high degree of displacement and appears almost shelf like. The main break along George's bust is very wide and full of chips. I don't think this die lasted in production much longer beyond this die state. If a later die state exists for this die, I would really love to see it. I find these types of coins to be very fascinating and will buy them whenever I come across them. I hope those of you who like die cracks and breaks enjoy this one. I would add, that had this been a Morgan Dollar with this kind of break, I'm sure the VAM'ers would be all over it like Vampires at a blood bank. :) Here's an angle looking directly down at the coin and shows the crack/break in it's entirety. This is from a single image. [ATTACH=full]611267[/ATTACH] Here's an image that show's the height of the break in relation to the height of the devices. [ATTACH=full]611268[/ATTACH] This one show's the displacement of the fields near the rim. [ATTACH=full]611259[/ATTACH] This one show's the displacement in the encircled area within the main and secondary breaks. [ATTACH=full]611266[/ATTACH] And finally this is just another angle that show's the height of the break and the size of the chips just east (in relation to the orientation of the image) of the 1 as well as a large die chip in the field to the east (again in relation to the orientation of the image) of the main break. [ATTACH=full]611265[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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