1983 Lincoln Memorial Cent / LMC Die Crackers - Worth Keeping?

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seattleMD Valued Member United States 405 Posts	Posted 06/02/2008 12:04 am Are these guys worth keeping? Do they fetch a premium or are the too common? http://crhfinds.blogspot.com/2008/0...keeping.html Report this Post to the Staff

KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 06/02/2008 12:14 am I knew that was an '83 from the cracks alone--common year for those! They're fun finds at least, and I like the heavy die polish lines too. Report this Post to the Staff
seattleMD Valued Member United States 405 Posts	Posted 06/02/2008 12:18 am THAT's what those lines are? I always thought it was just a greasy fingerprint or something ... Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 06/02/2008 03:22 am If you see lines on a coin's field that are clearly raised under magnification, these may be either gouges, scratches, or polish lines. These are pretty common on Lincoln cents, when the dies were polished to removed clash marks. Edited by KurtS 06/02/2008 03:24 am Report this Post to the Staff
jdbooth Valued Member United States 236 Posts	Posted 06/02/2008 12:07 pm I know its semantics, but when referring to the striations on business strikes caused by filing and wire brushing away damage is called abrasions and on Proofs when they remove imperfections from the die it is called polishing? John Booth Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 06/02/2008 12:49 pm To be honest, I'm not quite sure if different die finishing tools are used between business and proof strikes, but I've heard of die polishing for Lincoln business strikes. And since recent proof dies have such a short run (3,000), I don't imagine much needs to be done to the dies while in use? Report this Post to the Staff
seattleMD Valued Member United States 405 Posts	Posted 06/02/2008 2:05 pm I really like the first subject with the four die cracks off each corner of the memorial - I'm thinking I'll keep that one. Report this Post to the Staff
thingee Pillar of the Community United States 2177 Posts	Posted 06/04/2008 3:09 pm Yep. Like Kurt says, they are fun and interesting and also very common. Report this Post to the Staff
livingdinasaur Pillar of the Community United States 1571 Posts	Posted 06/07/2008 02:19 am SeattleMD, My 2 cents: Te dark, fairly indistinct lines you refer to, I believe are fingerprints. they are found on a lot of coins. The die cracks on the cornice, and base of the memorial building are caused by stress in those areas. The '83 was famous for having had so many. There is no premium for them, but they do make nice curiosity items. FYI, the State Quarter series havs a very consistant appearance of a die crack that will at times run from the rim, below, and left of the left end of the bust, then will run across the base to the pony-tial. others will even drop down to the rim, again They lend themselves to a series of progresson views. Dick Report this Post to the Staff
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1983 LMC Die Crackers - Worth Keeping?