LWC: Cracked planchet+Ragged Fissure

This one’s pretty neat! Almost cracked in half with the middle areas around Abe’s neck keeping it together. 1958 Wheat Cent:

 

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Very cool Ragged Fissure. Fun coin Mark!
It's got a massive planchet crack also.
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Cracked Planchet

 

Abe sneezed and almost blew the coin apart!

 

All the way from his back. Did you find that in a roll?

 

No, I bought it as a single coin. I did not notice the large crack until I got it home and looked closer.

 

Don't bend it, it will break.

 

LOL. How could you miss something like this?

 

When you see that fissure, I look at the price tag, then the condition.

 

Was just looking at the fissure, I didn’t have a loupe with me, and it was in a 2x2.

 

Yeah, this one’s going in a capsule.

 

Nice one! I like that crack across the entire coin. Here’s the ones I have in my collection.

 

Cool stuff, thanks for posting.

 

You could call them earthquake coins.

Bruce

 

No way! I have the ultimate name. The "Cookie Monster" coins.

 

Fissures: Ragged & Smooth

These are sometimes called - Blowhole errors

 

@Mark1971
In the almost 40 years I have collected Mint Error coins I've never acquired those neat defective planchet Cents. They are amazing.

The closest I've gotten is this Kennedy Half Dollar..

 

That's nice to hear, Thanks!
I guess I have been in the right place at the right time to have landed this one and the few others I've posted over the past couple weeks. I paid $12 for this cracked/fissured piece, which seemed like a great price to me. What do you think?