Neat die break. I've never seen this one before.

[Count_Erfit]

Link

 

That sucker was just about to fall out it looks like. Note the corresponding strike on the obverse where the intact part of the die was pressing it.

 

Neat coin. A dual grade reverse.

 

[RUSS BEGA]

thats 19th century mint workmanship for ya

[TomB]

That's a beautiful example and is more a testament of the difficulty in producing and working with die steel in the Americas than it is about workmanship, in my opinion.

[RUSS BEGA]

i know i was just being scarcastic. it must have been VERY difficult cutting dies completely by hand

[TomB]

I had assumed you were not serious about the comment, but I wanted other folks who read the thread to have presented an alternative opinion on the piece.

[JRocco]

That is a beautiful collector coin

[bsshog40]

Man if it wasn't for the strength of the american eagles neck, that coin would have split in half!