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1981 P Dime Die Cracks Or Knife Fight?

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Does this coin show die cracks or battle wounds from circulation or both? Thank you in advance once again.
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Looks like a scratch to me. Notice how the metal has piled up along the edge of the scratch.
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that is a scratch, not a die crack.
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Scratch
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If it was a Die Crack, it would raised. That line is incuse which indicates a scratch.
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Incused, a scratch, not a die crack.
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Scratch on coin.
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