Well, its not the find of the century....but still nice die cracks on both the obverse and reverse. The obverse has one long die crack going from K 12 through the E in WE down into Lincoln's head by the ear. The reverse of this 1982 Large Date Cent has three die cracks: 1) Goes from between K10 and K11 through the E in UNITED to the top left corner of the memorial. 2) Goes from slight right of K12 through the second S in STATES to the top of the B in PLURIBUS. 3) Goes from between K3 and K4 to the lower right of the memorial (steps by the FG).
Is that a die crack? It looks too thin to be one (and looks raised) so I'm guessing it's a die polishing mark. Interesting coin though
Here is one I have from 2009 with a die chip and some die cracks. One of the extra fingers. Die cracks on these can be cool.
"Back in the day" they had a numbering chart to fix the exact point where a spike hit the rim. Collectors used it to trade coins with each other. Or they used a Margood rubber stamp that had an image of a Lincoln. And they would just draw the diecrack in. Pretty quaint huh? Kasia's spiked head would have been a 66 in the number chart.
The feature on the obverse is SO linear that I suspect it's not a die crack. I think it's a die scratch. Different cause; same result.
Die scratches and die polish are different words for same thing. They typicall y show in patches rather than a single line. Die polish or scratches typically don't show on raised portions of a coin as the polishing usually goes over the die cavity not into the cavity.
I disagree. They are not the same. I agree with your description of die polish and how it appears on the coin. But a die scratch that goes across the devices is more likely from an accidental contact with a tool being dragged across the die. And this sort of damage CAN affect the devices.
The feature on this coin is a raised line, thin, that is fully consistent with being a die crack, and in fact appears to be a die crack instead of a polish line or die scratch.
