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allcoinsaregood Pillar of the Community United States 808 Posts	Posted 06/11/2022 5:29 pm Ah, my second coin of the day! I have for your consideration, A 1988 P Lincoln Cent with an active obverse. First at LIBERTY there is a Die Crack meandering from the left rim to the left top of the T and PMD (note the furrow) across the Y to the left rim. Then there is a small Die Crack from the rim to the top of the head across the left side of the E in IGWT motto. Not quite a spike head but close! There appear to be separation lines in the R, U, AND S of TRUST and 988 of the date. Yummy, and I thought the ear was a doubled ear but the extension is too small, to bad. The fields show zinc-plating bubbles on the obverse and strong cross-hatching on the reverse. Look at the pics and let me know your thoughts. Regards and have fun! Report this Post to the Staff

Dearborn Moderator United States 98220 Posts	Posted 06/11/2022 6:00 pm Well the one that intersects the 'Y' looks like a scratch. The line you say is from a die crack is hard to tell from the image given, it is possible that it is - is it raised or incuse? the Crack at the top of the head could be either a crack or a scratch - just by judging by the lighting and comparing it to the scratches that are on the head further down. It all boils down to the lighting coming in from directly overhead and not from the side to help create shadows. Can you provide more images in close and better lighting? Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 06/11/2022 6:01 pm My thoughts as well. Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 06/11/2022 8:01 pm Looks like scratches to me. Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 06/11/2022 11:19 pm Scratches to me as well. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 06/12/2022 04:45 am Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 98220 Posts	Posted 06/12/2022 12:32 pm In addition, on the reverse, maybe lots of linear plating bubbles running almost horizontal across the field of the coin. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Edited by Dearborn 06/12/2022 1:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff
allcoinsaregood Pillar of the Community United States 808 Posts	Posted 06/12/2022 1:46 pm Ok here are two frames of LIBERTY. one shows PMD scratch across the Y furrows and all. The T shows reflection off the top of what I am calling meandering Die Crack! If it is considered a scratch, so be it! Regards all. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 06/12/2022 1:58 pm Incuse mark though the devices, is damage to the coin. Most of all the other die scratches are on the die, but this one is on the coin. Most will argue that this is raised, but there is a trench in the center of the mark. The metal when moved, has to go somewhere. Thus the raised areas on the outside edges of the trench. Post Strike Damage. (Die cracks are raised on the centers as there was a void on the die where the crack is, thus that area will be raised on a crack. Note a die crack will not be a straight line. Note on the image above to note this. Edited by coop 06/12/2022 1:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff
allcoinsaregood Pillar of the Community United States 808 Posts	Posted 06/12/2022 3:23 pm COOP I will concede this 1988 P has a ton of scratches on the surface so the one coming from the T is a scratch and not a crack so I stand corrected. My bad for allowing my study of a coin surface to run away with my imangination! Regards. Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 06/12/2022 10:19 pm Even if it is a small crack and not a scratch, it wouldn't be enough for a premium, sorry. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 98220 Posts	Posted 06/12/2022 10:48 pm @allcoinsaregood: Don't worry about it we all get it incorrect at times. Sometimes it comes down to how the lighting is set up to create the shadows to help diagnose a feature on a coin. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Edited by Dearborn 06/12/2022 10:49 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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