Lincoln Cent Grease Missing Date 195?

I'm thinking '57 as well. Wonder what the reverse looks like...

Looks like a Greaser, and probably a 7, but assuming it's a wheat I guess it could be a 5 or...?

Die Crack, Oh... right. I never would have noticed. Coming here and investing some time, will improve my understanding. I never really did much. I mean, when I was a kid, I collected from pocket change. Nearly filled a cent book, and with buying the 1931-S I'm left where most of us hobby collectors are, no 1909-S VDB and no 22 plain.

Looking for unusual coins is a good diversion. I probably never thought about a die crack on anything. Easy enough, raised cracked line.

Then the Nickels, same thing except filling a book from circulation, I'm on my third, was just some Winter entertainment.

Thanks for more ideas and understanding.

I still wonder about the missing number as it's too large, there are raised bits and pieces where the number should be. But if it's not just a one off, no recognized error, that's what it is.

No I don't think I'm going to be retiring from any coin find in any imaginary world. I'm more likely to win the lottery and I know the odds of that!

Last one on this? I don't know if I shouldn't have looked or if I'm seeing much more detail. I cleaned up a microscope lens, mounted it on an adapter and now I see a "0" plus scratches. But then there's a chunk of something as well.

More confusing than when I started. Striations, but not over the entire area.

It could be a Grease Fill on that device and Possible thin gouge on the die.