1964 Lincoln Memorial Cent / LMC Gouge Or Die Crack?

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Bill Kerr Valued Member United States 421 Posts	Posted 09/23/2024 06:38 am Guys help me out here, I an unable to determine if this is a crack or gouge? Thanks. Report this Post to the Staff

Dearborn Moderator United States 95324 Posts	Posted 09/23/2024 07:55 am Given that it is dead straight, and shows a bright color that does not match the rest of the coin, I say it is PMD 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
oddguy Pillar of the Community United States 4135 Posts	Posted 09/23/2024 08:05 am It is a scratch. Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19134 Posts	Posted 09/23/2024 08:15 am Agree, post-strike damage. Report this Post to the Staff
igwt79 Pillar of the Community United States 1464 Posts	Posted 09/23/2024 08:53 am I agree, likely post-strike damage as mentioned, especially considering Dearborn's analysis, and the damage below the date. @Bill Kerr: Is the entire deformation incuse? Part of it appear raised to me, but I often have a hard time distinguishing on photos. @anyone: If it is entirely incuse and it is a "scratch", where is the metal movement? Would it have been worn by many years of cirulation? Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
Bill Kerr Valued Member United States 421 Posts	Posted 09/23/2024 10:51 am It has both incuse and raise features, less incused. Report this Post to the Staff
igwt79 Pillar of the Community United States 1464 Posts	Posted 09/23/2024 11:44 am If it were all raised, I would be thinking along the lines of a rim to rim die crack, or split die, or as you suggest, some type of die gouge maybe... but being so straight and some incuse, I don't know. Perhaps the experts can provide more information or reevaluate based on your assertion of "both incuse and raise features, less incused"... or perhaps provide you with more diagnostic evaluation techniques? Or, perhaps it's just PMD (a scratch) as already stated by the folks above, wish I could be of more help, but I'm out of ideas. Edited by igwt79 09/23/2024 11:45 am Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73895 Posts	Posted 09/23/2024 1:29 pm Definitely a scratch. PMD. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 09/23/2024 4:07 pm Agree, a long scratch. Report this Post to the Staff
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1964 LMC Gouge Or Die Crack?