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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Newbie69, post: 3247282, member: 91781&quot;]This is from cudsoncoins....</p><p><font size="6"><b>Bisecting Rim to Rim Die Cracks</b></font></p><p><b>Definition: </b>A bisecting rim to rim die crack is a fault that traverses the die face and is seen as a slightly raised, continuous line from rim to rim. A bisecting rim to rim die crack is <b>NOT </b>a split die, but may form into that anomaly type.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_4985.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_4985.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://cuds-on-coins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_4985.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><a href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_4986.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_4986.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://cuds-on-coins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_4986.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><a href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_4988-copy.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_4988-copy.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://cuds-on-coins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_4988-copy.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><img src="http://cuds-on-coins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_4989-copy.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The 1941-S Jefferson nickel shows a rim to opposing rim die crack. The die crack can be seen starting between the letters B and S in PLURIBUS and terminating between the O and F in the word OF.</p><p><font size="6"><b>Shattered Die</b></font></p><p><b>Definition:</b> A “shattered die” features numerous intersecting die cracks. Along with the profusion of die cracks, a shattered die can also incorporate other forms of brittle fracture such as die breaks and retained die breaks.</p><p><br /></p><p>A shattered die often indicates a terminal die state, i.e., a die just short of catastrophic failure. A series of coins struck by a shattered die can often be arranged in a progression of increasing severity.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/49262317.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/49262317.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://cuds-on-coins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/49262317.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><img src="http://cuds-on-coins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/49262318.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>An extensive set of bi-level die cracks can be seen above in a 1913 Chinese 100 cash coin.&nbsp; The obverse face shows at least seven bi-level die cracks and a few smaller conventional die cracks.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/GeoBushDieShatter.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/GeoBushDieShatter.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://cuds-on-coins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/GeoBushDieShatter.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>The shattered die seen above is the George Bush Medal of Merit. Image is courtesy of Ken Potter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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