1998? Greaser with wild reverse cracks

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  1. jay4202472000

    jay4202472000 Well-Known Member

    Found this pretty cool greaser the other day. It may be a 1998. I can't read the last digit, but it looks a little like the top of an 8. It has a little bit of everything going on. There are remnants of a, mostly abraded, clash and a pretty cool set of cracks, around ONE CENT, that begin at the rim.
     

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  3. tommyc03

    tommyc03 Senior Member

    Nice die crack. Also looks to have been struck slightly out of collar on the obverse west. Which might have caused a bad strike on the missing numeral.
     
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  4. eddio

    eddio Well-Known Member

    cool coin I like it...
     
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  5. paddyman98

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    Late Die-state cracks, bi-level... looking good! Crazy greaser.. the WE looks so lonely above Lincolns head.
     
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  6. jay4202472000

    jay4202472000 Well-Known Member

    I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "struck slightly out of hub", but if you are referring to out of collar, it was struck fully in collar. The edge is normal. The grease should have caused the weakness of strike. It could be an extremely minor misaligned die.
     
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  7. jay4202472000

    jay4202472000 Well-Known Member

    Both of the cracks look like bi-level die cracks. The surface steps up after the crack between E & C, and then steps up again after the crack between N & E. I could name it the "tri-level crack set greaser" and make a million on eBay!
     
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  8. tommyc03

    tommyc03 Senior Member

    Sorry, typing too fast, yes, out of collar. Thanks for correction.
     
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