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Very nice @SB. It looks like a small crack exits Abe's head and proceeds up through the letter E. Does it hit the rim?
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Nah it stayed in his head. I've found 5 or 6 of these in a BU roll. Do you think that it might bring a premium?
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That's a neat little find you have there. It would bring a premium, but only a small premium (maybe 2 or 3 dollars on ebay if sold to the right buyer) to "Cracked Skulls" Die Crack collectors.  Errers and Varietys.
Edited by Errers and Varietys
05/12/2018 01:19 am
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It's a modest error on a nice coin, so maybe a little premium, but very little. I call them "Cracked Skulls" as E&V said. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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 I almost went to say that is a retained interior die break. You may want to check Cuds on coins.  |
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Pretty cool! Yeah, like Error and Spruette said, those are called cracked skulls when the break stays within the confines of Abe's noggin. I'm assuming they are usually, not always, the precursor to the "spiked head" Lincoln in which the crack runs from his head to the rim of the coin. Check to see if any progress that far. Again, very cool find on that grade of coin. Spiked heads are kind of my fav.
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I'm assuming they are usually, not always, the precursor to the "spiked head" Lincoln in which the crack runs from his head to the rim of the coin. I believe Cracked Skulls are the precursors to RIDBs, often confused with lamination flaws at that point. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Yeah, that makes sense Spruette. I just assumed because they are both cracks in the head one causes the other but most spiked heads don't have the same shape as the cracked skulls and vice versa. I just assumed spiked heads we're the result of cracked skulls progressing but they have totally diff looks. Your right too about them progressing to RIDB'S. That's how you give Abe a lobotomy.
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Thanks everybody. I don't know why I asked if it had a premium because I'm not in it for the money except if I hit a home run  |
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I have several of these 1959 P cracked skulls out of OBW rolls too..
On others in the same rolls there's also two strong shoulder cracks, one of which has a retained die chip, a couple weaker die cracks in the shoulder area, one near the bottom of the vest and several different ones in the hair.. There may also be one behind the ear, but that one could be on '60-D SD as I've been looking through both, switching every couple rolls.. There's also a crack both with and without a retained die chip running E-W above VDB, but again not sure if it's on the '59 or '60-D.. It may be on both..
EDIT: Tootallious -- there are RIDBs in these also..
Swamp
PS: Trickle them out if you do.. I'll hold most -- leave 'em to the grandkids..
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05/12/2018 2:25 pm
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Abe didn't have his seat belt on
Posted 05/11/2018 8:01 pm
