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roostercogburn Valued Member United States 65 Posts	Posted 08/23/2020 01:57 am I am new to this. Doing some coin roll hunting came across this 1958 penny where it looks like Lincoln has some extra copper in his hair. Can someone tell me what I am looking at here? Thx. Report this Post to the Staff

josephm99 Pillar of the Community United States 791 Posts	Posted 08/23/2020 03:32 am Looks like a classic die chip. The dies were heavily overused throughout the 50's so die wear is extremely common. Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 08/23/2020 04:10 am The hair area was a common place for the die to start cracking (as seen on your coin) and eventually pieces of the die would break off and cause corresponding raised areas like this on the coin. They start as small die "chips" and progress to larger die "breaks." I believe this one may be big enough to be considered an "Interior Die Break" or IDB. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 08/23/2020 04:51 am to CCF. I agree with RIDB=retained interior die break, not a die chip. And just a FYI: it is a cent not a penny. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 08/23/2020 09:40 am Agree, RIDB and A great example. Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19204 Posts	Posted 08/23/2020 10:39 am Nice example. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 08/23/2020 12:30 pm I'd call that a die break. And probably soon that die probably created retained die chips. (Just not to that yet) Report this Post to the Staff
roostercogburn Valued Member United States 65 Posts	Posted 08/23/2020 3:44 pm Thank you everyone. very helpful Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189340 Posts	Posted 08/24/2020 1:38 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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