1957-D LWC Multiple die chips and a shattered retained internal die crack

OK! I found a very nice error (should it be called an error?)
This coin has a die chip on both the 9 and 5 of the date and the 'T' on the reverse.
AND, a cracked skull? Looks like a retained interior die break - Shattered actually. I would think that the die would have been retired very soon after the striking of this coin. It looks like the hammer die is broken into many pieces.

 

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Looks like a Interior Die Break , not chip .Interior Die Breaks : Cuds on Coins (cuds-on-coins.com)

 

ya, break - that is what I meant not chip. couldn't find the right word in my dusty old brain.. thanks for the correction.

Edit: I'm going to go and fix that wording

 

It's a Die Deterioration issue. Just call it a Die state.

It's a worn Die issue very commonly found in wheat cents.. Especially the 1950's Cents.

I wouldn't use the term Shattered though. That would be more severe in appearance than what you see.

Oh here is an example from 1957.. my collection..

 

All this is a good description of your coin. And a nice error coin it is.
Its got more going for it than the slabbed one.
http://www.error-ref.com/die-chips/

 

I do not recognize this nomenclature. Would you explain what this is?

 

See if you can match it to one of these.
It is a retained interior die break.
http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-retained-interior-die-break-1909-1958/

 

When it's a fresh die it's in a flawless state.
After some extreme usage it's in a deterioration state.

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   the particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time.
   "the state of the company's finances"

Or you can say stage.

 

Ok, Thanks.

 

I see this a lot. We've even got one on a 1943. These are a little strange.

 

Very nice! It has several IDB’s, all from a worn die. To the Mint the cost of replacing a die is expensive. The die used to make this coin probably made millions more before it was removed from service. No where near a shattered die at this point.

 

I think initially it was just one IDB, then after repeated strikes, it broke apart even more - which I say it is shattered. I was not meaning the entire die face, just the IDB portion.

 

Understandable. A shattered die has numerous intersecting die cracks. I did not see that on your coin. It does have numerous ones but I didn’t see them connected.

 

I learned something from the post question and the opinion answers, thanks!

 

The forehead appears more like a lamination than a IDB, but maybe it's just my old eyes.

 

Not your old eyes as they are seeing correctly.

 

These are retained pieces of the die. The die broke but the die did not come apart and leave a void. The detail is retained the die pieces have just shifted on the die face.
This is not the same as a die break like what @eddiespin posted.

Those are raised missing pieces from the die.

 

That is exactly how I see this die event.

Correct and Thanks!!

 

However, if you look at the center of this event, it does appear that a small part of the die did fall out - creating that vertical 'lump'. So in my opinion this was getting close to completely falling out and creating a void. (when I get home, I'll highlight what I'm talking about here.)

 

I see the small die chip.
Every time I see your sig line it makes me think of this song.