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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2092478, member: 66&quot;]Except when need to because of the difficulty of making the dies (early years of the mint) or not being able to keep up with demand for dies (Copper nickel coins in the 1860 - 80&#039;s) The mint does not intentionally use cracked dies.&nbsp; And since the 1830&#039;s it has not been possible to use a hammer die as an anvil die or vice versa.&nbsp; The dies are shaped differently.&nbsp; A hammer die used as an anvil die would not be able to&nbsp; push the coin out of the collar after striking.&nbsp; An anvil die used as a hammer die would have insufficient clearance for a planchet to be fed into the coining chamber.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While it might be valued higher I see no reason for it to grade higher.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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