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Nope. That's not a Die Break. That's just Post Strike Damage from something bending the coin. Worth face value since it's damage to the coin.
Errers and Varietys.
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@bate, on way to distinguish damage (like your coin) from a die crack is to look at the linear defect and determine whether it is above the surface of the coin or below. Then, consider how coins are minted. For Lincoln cents (and most other US coins), the dies have the design elements incuse (below the surface). That way, when a flan is squished in between them, the metal flows into these crevices. When the die is cracked, the metal will also flow into the cracks, thus producing an elevated feature on the coin. Make sense? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Another words - a scratch is into (below) the coins surface. A die crack is raised above the surface.  |
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The last image was all I needed to see for the same confirmation.
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Looks like Feddy Krueger flipped that one...
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I did not say die crack I said die break. Look at the front Abe got a long bended mark on his neck to the rim on top of letter N..as a result it broken on the reverse  I read some of informations online and they said it is die break and now I got the other opinion ..confused me..lol Edited by Bate
05/19/2018 6:35 pm
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Would be nice to take pictures that aren't cocked out of whack! Even so - they don't line up perfectly to be any kind of mint error!  OK! A die break would also be raised! Sometimes - ARGH!! And whatever website you were reading , stop!!  Edited by Mark1959
05/19/2018 6:48 pm
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Bate, it is just damage I call it a vise job:  |
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When the mark is incuse on the coin, then it is damage. If it is raised it could be a die crack, die chip or die break. This is raised.  A die is a negative of a coin. So how could this happen on a coin? The die chip would be chipped away on the die. When the coin is struck the chip will be raised. If there was a mark made into the coin, that would be an incuse mark. How could the die create that? It couldn't. If something was in the way called a struck through it would leave an incuse mark. But on your coin, it was just damaged. The bent coin tells it was damaged probably intentionally. |
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now I got it..So this one is Die break right  |
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You're on the right track now. But I think that's a crack rather than a break.
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