My First Post! 1983 Penny Error

Cool coin. You can tell by the fact that the features on Lincolns bust are not very defined by a pot of over polishing of the die. There were obviously some other issues like probably a die clash or just normal wear and tear and they polished the die prob multiple times to try and get every last bit of life out of it. Main example being his neck is almost completely gone around the throat area. Usually when they get to this point the die will start to fail and you'll start seeing die cracks and chips and abrasions from being polished multiple times. I agree that it looks like you have a pretty decent crack going from the rim through Abes head which almost looks like it goes from rim to rim. You mk right even have an RIDB which is a retained interior die break on his skull. It's when the die is failing and a piece breaks free from the die face but doesn't fall out of place but leaves the outline of where the break occurred. Try taking some normal pictures with your phone under good lighting and dont use your flash. Get as close as possible where it still focuses and maybe zoom in 1 or 2 times. Then after you take your pic, zoom in after you open it in your gallery and you should be able to see a lot more detail. I personally dont recommend a microscope. I use a little clip on magnifying lenses from Walmart to take pics with and a pair of magnifying glasses with the l.e.d. light built on for searching. Kine have 5x 10x 15x and 25x magnification and I can breeze through coins way faster. Try taking sonic of this coin again with your phone under a bright light with no flash and just play around with the angles and then just zoom in or out and drop it when you get a good clear pic. I'd like to see a better resolution of abes head cause it looks like a pretty decent die crack that's maybe a rim to rim or atleast an ridb.

Wow, so much info! Thank you! I have to save all of these notes and print it to attach to penny. Anyhow, I used daylight and my regular iphone zoomed in then cropped. These might be better, or worse lol. I hadn't even noticed his neck! So, this is an old die that is at the end of its life?
Uploads are not working at all. I will post the images separately when I am able to get the function to work. The optimizer isn't working either. Might reboot real quick.

That's great advice!!! Thank you so much! Ok, glass is the way to go.. super helpful! :) I am so frustrated that I can't see clearly and I can't wait to get something that will help me speed through the process. I am learning and trying to see clearly for the first time! haha. I know I am missing a lot at this point, but soon enough I'll get there! :)