1. How to use Die Crack Tables
By definition State 1 is a coin made before the die making the coin started to wear and have die cracks and/or clash marks. In some cases no coins have yet been discovered in State 1. This will be be indicated (as shown above in the Sample Reverse) by an asterisk (1*) after the one, denoting this assumed state. In other cases coins have been found in State 1 (with no signs of die wear) and they will have no asterisk after the one as shown above for the Sample Obverse.
In either case your best option for Identifying the original die that made the coin is by using Section 3 of the specific die page you are investigating to see if repunched letters and other marks made as the die was produced are evident.
In either case your best option for Identifying the original die that made the coin is by using Section 3 of the specific die page you are investigating to see if repunched letters and other marks made as the die was produced are evident.
