1960 P With Rim-to-Rim Die Crack

In my accumulation I found a 1960 P LMC with a die crack that runs from the rim at the shoulder to become a faint Spike Head at the W in IGWT. There are several other cracks bursting from it in the head.

 

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I found 2 more in that roll with identical die cracks, rim-to-rim.

 

Interesting. I can easily follow the crack up from the bottom but lose it at his head.

 

I'll see if I can get a better shot there. It might be clearer in one of the other two.

 

It is very faint above the neck turning back towards the ear. I found three of them in some I have had since they were available at the banks.

 

Are you sure? looks can be deceiving. @paddyman98 where are you.

 

So, you think Ed has better eyes or knows die cracks better?

 

Looks good to me! Nice find!!

 

And here are two more with identical die cracks.

 

Very nice!

 

Time to see the eye doctor Inspector. That’s not a die crack, that a hair on the coin. LOL.

 

Do you know how difficult it is to line that hair up exactly the same way on three different coins? A guy needs real good eyes and real good nerves.

 

A little spray glue works wonders.

 

Yes to both @Inspector43

 

Confirmation of the conditions displayed on the 3 coins the subject of this post doesn't require good eyes as much as it requires open eyes.

 

You have better eyes than me @Inspector43. While I see what you are referring to in the enlarged photos, I'm not seeing what I associate with a die crack, but then I wouldn't have even given the cents a close-up look.

 

I don't know what else it could be. If you look at the bottom of the shoulder on all three you can see the crack goes all the way to the rim. I look at them because they are mine, I have had them since they were born, and I am not buying anymore. I have thousands that I have been sitting on most of my life and have been sorting them since I retired a few years ago. It keeps me in the hobby.

 

Possibly a scratch on the die that would eventually be polished out?

 

Here are photos of each showing the die crack going to the rim. That should demonstrate the defect.

 

Hell. I don’t even see the hair