A most peculiarly shaped die chip on 2013 Lincoln Cent

I pulled this coin out of a bank roll and gave it a look with my loupe. Boy was I surprised!

I have nicknamed this die chip “The Baby Maker.”

At the risk of being accused of having a dirty mind, I will leave it up to the rest of you to tell me what the shape of this die chip reminds you of. (No, not a sex organ, but topically related to reproduction.)

Here are the pics…

 

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For the life of me I have no idea what you are insinuating here. Nothing about this flaw suggests anything other than the flaw it is.

This is a die chip, coupled with a die break on the top of the shield of a Lincoln Shield Cent. The die chip, since it is not connected to the rim, is properly designated an Interior Die Break. This is a very common defect ever since shield cents were first produced in 2010. Too common for any thought on a premium associated with it…imo…Spark

 

Common area for the shield cent to start deteriorating. Zero premium.

 

I assume that you're saying the chip resembles a spermatozoon. Don't take a Rorschach test.

 

Hahaha! Yeah - no Rorshach needed. It is the classic microscopic image of one. Made me bust out laughing as soon as it appeared under the scope. I thought, what has Old Abe been up to! Lol…

 

Yes, I agree. I’ve easily run across half a dozen or more cents in just a few rolls with similar die chips along the upper left side top rim of the union shield. Apparently a hot spot in the design where die failure occurs frequently since I’ve seen it across a span of several different years of shield cents. But at least this one was humorous and gave me a chuckle…

 

Just a very common die chip with a piece broken away.

 

Sorry, but all I see is damage. The copper layer was "peeled" back, leaving a small amount of metal. I see displaced metal and the lump seems to be laying "on top" of the design element.

 

I put away nice early die stage coins from circ.
The challenge is finding the shields without a die crack, IDB's, nice luster. Think about that coin before you just throw it in your pocket. Could be that new addition to a PL coin.

 

Your tag line is "Stars and Bars Forever" and you say you're from the "Confederate States of America" but you're examining a union shield on a Lincoln cent. Seems interesting to me.

 

Call it a Civil War obsession intersected with a love for coins. If my great-great granddaddies had won I reckon I’d be lookin’ at Jeff Davis cents instead.