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"Die cracks can't jump"
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"Die cracks can't jump"
April 29, 2008, 03:48:59 PM
http://www.knightsofthecointable.com/kotctgallery/main.php?g2_itemId=2232&g2_navId=x0a38d54b
http://www.knightsofthecointable.com/kotctgallery/main.php?g2_itemId=2235&g2_navId=x0a38d54b
I got a cast copy (it's marked on the reverse) of a Connecticut copper on ebay. For all of $2. and one cent. I figure the methods used to cast replicas probably aren't much different from those of forgers. The first link is the obverse and is pretty obvious. You can see a number of mold failures on and around the shield. You can see the casting sprue at 10:00. But the best part is the die crack. Look at the second link. It's not likely that a die crack will just stop and jump over a space and start again? Seems more likely that it was "lost detail" in the transfer process.
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Re: "Die cracks can't jump"
May 01, 2008, 01:27:33 PM
I suppose it is also possble that the mold crack may have a bit of schmutz in it, making it a filled die-mold crack...
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