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Chris - no sign of any beveling.
Jimmy - yup, still have it.

Jimmy, on the contrary I'm glad you asked

Duh - I need more coffee.
Thanks Lee

Thanks guys. I learned a lot from this post.

Forgot to mention, it is on NGC 63 PL holder.

Thanks John.
Lee, I thought it was D1 rev when I saw it too. I wasn't disappointed however to find our it was D2 rev

It's VAM-26 btw.

I'm happy with this pick

A typical for 8 Reales Mexico Republic, the dies look messed-up to begin with. This one however is beyond that imo. Obverse rim to rim die crack with retained cud at the top portion. 1857Chihuahua-obv-crack.jpg Reverse rotated about 40 degree CW. 1857Chihuahua-obv-crack.jpg What I'm wondering is rot...

Nice!
I wonder what could caused the die to crumbled like that? Maybe something to do with the metal impurity on the die? The effect is the same as 1889-P VAM-7A, which makes me wonder maybe Philly mint shipped out the die that came from the same bad batch to O mint.

Very nice!!!
Were they using 78cc v28 rev?

Should it be uploaded to SSDC?

WTG! Congrats.

In general, S mint has the smallest percentage having clashed... then they slacked off in 1921

Whoa!!!

maybe it was whizzed then acid dipped?

This reminds me of 1881-P VAM-17. Very interesting stuff.

That 1J is a monster. Can't wait for photos!

full coin photos added.