Not sure I can see it across the entire coin, but they intersect and can be seen on either side of the rims north to south. I've never seen one quite like it. LOVE IT!
I wonder if the Mint continued to use this die until it shattered? There is the one crack that starts at about 4:00 and extends across the wreath and then to the rim at about 7:00. It also branches out from the 7:00 position with a smaller crack in the general direction across the coin toward the shield where another crack extends to the rim at about 12:30. There is another small crack at about 8:00. I sure would like to see this die. Chris
Although it goes rim-to-rim, I wouldn't call it a bisecting. It looks more like an Interior Die Break. When I hear rim-to-rim, I think of this:
Yeah, I missed a couple. FWIW, I've seen images of coins that were produced from dies about to shatter, but they were even more severe than your coin. Chris
This coin looks like the Die was about to shatter. Die cracks form in different areas until they meet. With continued use the Die finally shatters.
Not quite to the bisecting point yet since none of the independent cracks meet. Still a really cool coin!
I contacted David Poliquin (indiancentvarieties.com) and he told me I had a slightly earlier die state of Variety 18.2. Here is the mapping he has for the cracks, though he missed how the one from the shield goes down into he letter N... likely because his plate coin is so heavily hairlined. (His photo).
I wouldn't call it bisecting... yet. A hundred strikes later it is entirely possible that those cracks grew to become bisecting.