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1976 Penny With Cracked Reverse

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 Posted 10/25/2019  12:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Beedles to your friends list
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 Posted 10/25/2019  1:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add moxking to your friends list
It's a REALLY long die crack. Nice snag.
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 Posted 10/25/2019  1:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
Agree it looks like a die crack. Good eye!
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 Posted 10/25/2019  2:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Beedles to your friends list
what is the term for this if I get it graded?
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 Posted 10/25/2019  6:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add HGK3 to your friends list
I'll be that guy on this one - I think it looks more like a scratch to me.

There's some shiny looking copper in it in a few of the photos, which shouldn't be there given the overall dull tone of the coin.

Plus, there's a small gap in the line right at the top of the memorial, which I would expect to see if the scratching object was going from bottom to top.

Finally, it looks like there's little bit of skipping in the line right in between the F and A, particularly towards the top of the F.

Either way the cost of having the coin graded would be far more than it's worth. If it's a crack, nice find!
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 Posted 10/25/2019  6:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Daves Errors to your friends list
Damaged coin. NO way should you send this in for grading. First it would be sent right back. Second waist of TIME AND SHIPPING. Its a Junk coin spend it. Keep lookin...
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 Posted 10/25/2019  10:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Greasy Fingers to your friends list
Sorry, but that's a scratch
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 Posted 10/25/2019  11:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
Well I see a die crack. What would happen to a darkened coin that had a die crack during circulation? The top of the crack could wear down and show the copper again. (note the first image in the second set. You can see the copper showing. It is a die crack, and a long one.
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10/26/2019 12:02 am
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 Posted 10/25/2019  11:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Greasy Fingers to your friends list
@ Coop, Why is the "worn down" (shinny) copper showing in the shallows of the bay and not on the raised parts of the roof?______ because it's a _______...

Edited: I'm talking about the first picture of the second set of photos
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10/25/2019 11:58 pm
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 Posted 10/26/2019  12:01 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
Good point. It may just be a coin scratch. PSD.
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 Posted 10/26/2019  12:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinTheTerm to your friends list
I'm going to have to side with the scratched coin PSD. There is exposed copper and a slight edge
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 Posted 10/26/2019  09:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Beedles to your friends list
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 Posted 10/26/2019  12:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Daves Errors to your friends list
For me from looking at a photo's the easy way to tell it is a SCRATCH was the missing scratch between the top of the Memorial building and the field and copper showing. If it was a Die crack it would most likely have been connected. Some times its hard to tell from a photo, coin in hand would be better or very good up close shots.
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10/26/2019 12:27 pm
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 Posted 10/26/2019  4:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Beedles to your friends list
To me having it in hand it looks like a die crack that has PSD from age and wear into that crack. just my 2 cents lol. TY for al the info. If anyone knows a good dealer in upstate NY message me or what ever.
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 Posted 10/26/2019  4:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Daves Errors to your friends list
One of the biggest problem is your pictures are not clear enough or ( close enough ) to really be able for tell for sure. So if in your hand's you are seeing a Die Crack, go with what you see I guess
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