From the seller:
I'm 99% sure it's a die crack, what the images don't show really well (unless you look carefully and probably due to my photography setup) is that the line continues from inside the G on the left hand side of the kings head band, through the base of the king and then at through to the bottom of the coin. Having had a real close look at the coin just now I really can't see how it could be a scratch as it doesn't look like something has dug into the coin (a scratch) but rather that the metal is very slightly seperated (a crack), I hope that makes sense, if you have any further questions please feel free to ask. I note that I have sold alot of 1924 pennies with die cracks (so it is common for the date, the die cracks normally run for the same length but are normally through the lettering rather than just outside them).
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that the metal is very slightly seperated (a crack)
This isn't how I would describe a die crack so I'm not sure

Edited by enworb
06/23/2012 07:28 am