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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 25626651, member: 36248&quot;]I saw the reverse die crack when I first discovered the coin, and thought for awhile on it, if it would bother me or not.&nbsp; I bought this coin from a dealer, not at auction, so I thought good and hard on it before pulling the trigger, as this wouldn&#039;t work with my typical low-ball &quot;marker&quot; bids on GreatCollections.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the end I actually thought the die breaks were pretty cool, as I have almost no coins with errors.&nbsp; &nbsp; I believe the die cracks lead to the lamination issue, but since it was sort of inline with the cracks and even some toning streaks, I also ended up deciding that it didn&#039;t bother me at all, as it was &quot;mostly intact&quot; and not really &quot;flaking off&quot; as some lamination errors look like.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; As you know, I am not much or an error collector, or even knowledgeable at all about errors, so I am not 100% proficient with the nomenclature or the process by which one error/problem creates another problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>You toss on some clashed dies, both obverse and reverse, which are very common on Three Cent nickels, and I thought this was sort of a trifecta of minor errors that was really representaive of the Type in general.&nbsp; &nbsp; I dont like it when the clashed dies overwhelm the coin, but for my example here, I thought to myself, well you can see them, but it doesnt ruin the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is how I saw the coin when I toyed with it for a few days before contacting the dealer:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1639799[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A pristine example might have been nice, already CAC&#039;d, but every time I saw the coins over more than 12 months of searching, they were either very mushy in the details of the roman numerals ( III ), which is very common problem with the strike in this series, or they went for more money than I wanted to spend, $300+.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, maybe I am rationalizing it, but it really was my thinking at the time, I like this coin, the toning, the die cracks, the clashing, and the amount of detail from the strike, the luster, and even the price.&nbsp;&nbsp; Even right now as I type this, I still really like this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>In terms of &quot;scratches&quot; that is something I did NOT see, and I still not sure where you are seeing those on this coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; I never once thought scratches, so maybe don&#039;t point them out (unless you feel you absolutely must) so that I never see them.&nbsp; &nbsp; I don&#039;t want this to be like an orange peel situation with car paint, where once you see it, you can never unsee it and it sort of ruins 99% of all paint jobs.</p><p><br /></p><p>No, I personally dont think this die cracks or lamination will play much into CAC&#039;s thinking or the TPG grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ignorance is bliss, or is this a chocolate vs vanilla type of situation?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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