Die Cracked 2006 P Dime.and New Nickel Question.

1. Die cracks are considered a tolerable part of the minting process and are not bought and sold as significant errors on the market.

2. An image is necessary of your nickel before anyone can genuinely help you.

One thing you will learn with time is that not every coin has an error. What you are seeing is all a part of the normal process of minting coins. Dies wear out with strikes, and the result is often ugly lines, polish lines, cracks, chips, dings, and the like. These are all considered NORMAL coins. Just because the surface isn't pristine doesn't mean it's an error.

Second thing, is that with errors, usually the only ones that command any real premium value are the ones that would not fit into a normal roll for the coin - they are coins that are misshapen by the oddity in the minting process that caused them.

Third thing - with die varieties (which are not errors) you should look for doubling that stands out from the field, does not take up part of the normal shape of the letters, and has notching at the corners of the letters. if you find this, you could have something valuable.

In general, probably 999 of 1000 coins you look at are normal. If your "error" rate is higher than this, you may need to redefine for youself what an error is.