Guest Stujoe Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Got this 1921-D Morgan a week or so ago and now, through the magic of CoinPeople, I can get decent pictures of it. Apparently die cracks are pretty common on 1921-D Morgans but this is one of the few cracks I have ever found on any coin I have owned. It has cracks in a number of places around the rim on both sides. I don't collect them but it was exciting for me to find one out of the blue... Anyone else have some they want to share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 That's a beauty. Great picture too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akdrv Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Nice Ribus. How did you take the picture, through magnifying glass or just good macro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akdrv Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 I found your setup photos in the lightbulbs thread. Excellent idea using 3 rolls of cents as ballast on the tripod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Yep. That is all I did. Use the macro mode on the camera. CP has tought me well on photos now and I am likely to be very dangerous. And for the roll ballast, well, I am cheap and a coin collector so I used what was at hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 From 2 Portuguese coins I recently got... I didn't do anything special. I just took my original supersize pics and cut out the areas and paste them as new pics. No macro or anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Nice ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 I just found out mine is a 1921-D VAM-1W "Die Break Between B-U" http://www.robjoyce.com/vams/1921_d_vam_1w.htm Look at the bottom of the page for the pic and you will see how cracked it really is. What I posted is just one little part. The red lines on the pic in that link are all cracks, breaks, etc. It really is pretty neat. And if I am not mistaken, the R6 means that it is fairly rare. Not sure exactly how much. One site said 13-30 another said "Very Rare - Several Hundred". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 From 2 Portuguese coins I recently got... ... I didn't do anything special. I just took my original supersize pics and cut out the areas and paste them as new pics. No macro or anything like that. Nice coins and the pics are very nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Stujoe Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Cool! The cracks are coming out of the woodwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Okay, made me add one of my duplicates. I have two 1899 O morgans with the exact same circle die cracks. One is just a little more developed I bought these about 1 year apart. It was destiny. http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=909130 http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=909246 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 My so-called dollar from the Minnesota Cenntenial year is riddled with obverse die-cracks. Most prominnt through T and E in Centennial and below the 5 in 1858. Its interesting as well as an aluminum medal inscribed as IRON / NICKEL from Virginia, Minnesota. Too many interesting oddities in addition to die cracks. Close-up of the major cracks: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Forgot here is another die crack. (Reverse) 1888 Also a 1921 with a die crack on reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corina Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 My 1960 Turkey 10 Kurus (Look At the Red Arrows to See the Die Crack) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becky Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 How about a "horned O" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Stujoe Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Now that is a wicked cool beard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Great die cracks. This is good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akdrv Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Drooling Liberty, very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Some of my Russian die cracks after hoarding too many of them and yet these few: I seem to have trouble finding more examples 1747 Polupoltnnik: closeup: You can see a die crack around her bust area if you looked carefully. Don't be a pervert though, she might bite. 1811 2k Closeup: 1842 ruble Closeup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SlavicScott Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 posted this one before. cracks on both sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 It is amazing what you see when you start taking pictures. I was just taking a pic of one of my Shield Nickels in my type set and noticed this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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