1982 P die cracks on on reverse

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1982 P die cracks on on reverse

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Found this one this evening while finishing he zincs from the most recent bank box. It looks like the die was shattered as there are cracks just about everywhere on the coin. Just sort of interesting to me. I am not having much luck finding anything, mostly damaged coins and lots of my favorite MD. I may even post a picture of the MD's just to post something. :l
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It was even polished for some reason.
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That die should have been retired about 6 months before they got rid of it .
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I think they got their monies worth out of that die. :l
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Hey Daniel where does it look polished?
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pahwa wrote:Hey Daniel where does it look polished?
The die was polished, not the coin, sorry. I was referring to the area under ST in STATES. Part of the E is missing as well.
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Looks very similar to the polishing on my 1983 DDR....and it is very common on the 80's cents...they polished and overused the dies a lot...also there were a lot of clashes back then.
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pahwa wrote:Hey Daniel where does it look polished?
The die was polished, not the coin, sorry. I was referring to the area under ST in STATES. Part of the E is missing as well.
I understand now. I am glad there aren't any knowledge type tests on this stuff in here. :l
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Maineman750 wrote:Looks very similar to the polishing on my 1983 DDR....and it is very common on the 80's cents...they polished and overused the dies a lot...also there were a lot of clashes back then.
I too have seen this a lot on these 80's zincs. I thought it was some sort of wear on the coin and not repairs to the die. I may get this stuff figured out in the next 8 or 10 years. widegrin But then again....

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Pahwa, most polishing is done because of dies clashes where the dies came together without a planchet between them. The mint workers then polish them to remove clashes but often leave the scratches you see.
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The scratches can be overwhelming sometimes. I wonder when they anneal the dies to work on them if sometimes they get them too soft and it doesn't take as much to damage the die when repairing. Some coins seem to be just covered with scratches from the dies.

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