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1953-P Lincoln Wheat Cent, W/Reverse Die Crack?

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 Posted 01/28/2018  08:34 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add BmTrif6186 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I'm posting pictures of this 1953-P Wheat cent showing a very clear die crack on the reverse of the coin... also there's a little portion of the rim where the die crack originates that was torn away and came to rest on the inside of the rim line... curious on how/why/when that could've occurred... PMD?

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 Posted 01/28/2018  08:40 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add shotgung to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice find but I'll leave explanation to the experts
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 Posted 01/28/2018  08:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mrzllewellyn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That is a lamination not a die crack
Very nice find
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To me it looks like a struck through foil like debris. You can see a piece at 12:00 on the obverse and the reverse looks like the debris moved away from the rim a bit at 3:00.
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Coop: Do you mind explaining a little more on your post... and if anyone has a moment to clarify the difference between Die Cracks & Lamination errors?
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Lamination: These usually run in a straight line and I feel they are loosened during the setup process of the planchet.
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Lamination split off before strike:
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The planchet is thinner and that thinness, resulted weak strike. You don't see the peeling areas because the strike covered those areas over as best as possible.
Split planchet:
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Clam shell split planchet:
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A struck through debris:
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This Struck Through Grease and debris fell off the coin. But I found two examples of this in the same roll.
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Something was contained on the feeder finger that left these voids on the nickel. Note it is the angle for finger feeder damage.
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Note the debris was struck onto the coin and hadn't came off yet. Why is it debris and not a lamination. It doesn't run in a straight line like a lamination would.
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Proof coins are struck at least twice, so some debris was on the die on the first and second strike, but more and altered shape a bit.
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Metal was struck onto this coin.
Most of the rim the debris is thin and looks like a piece off foil and stays on the coin or falls off and leaves an outline of where it was.
Sorry I don't have an image of that right now. But also cloth, wire, fiber, thread, springs, washers, toothpicks, cardboard, paper or what ever can be struck through debris. Hope this helps ID better for you.

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You're the man, coop!
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Wow very insightful... Thank you for the info!!
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