1983 Dirty Old Penny With Cracks On The Back

Cracks in the corner of the building are common,they are weak areas on the die. The line coming off of the N is a linear trail gas bubble.
John1

Yes, yes. Die cracks off the corners.

yep, John to the rescue here. cracks in very normal areas.

These die cracks are common die events. We often see three die cracks, but seldom seen 4 die cracks on the other corners of the building. I found a coin with three die cracks that are not on any of the corners of the design.




Lately I feel these are most often caused by die clashes, that affect the dies like this. I have an obverse with 9 die cracks:

But this could have been caused by one, or different die clashes. But I just consider these die events. (die events that happens to an aging die) To me, I like the EDS (Early-Die-States) coins better. They are often thought of as a doubled die, but they are just a fresh die example. The smile better for the camera to me.






Proof coins also have the smiles as well:

(Nickels)


(Dimes)

The freshness of the dies, are what makes these coins look better to me. Sometimes they look so good, that other may not notice the youth of the die states. (I do) These make me smile more.