1979 Half Dollar Crack?

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by modelgiuseppe, Apr 26, 2012.

  1. modelgiuseppe

    modelgiuseppe Member

    I got this 1979 Half Dollar with some wierd crack on it. Does anyone know what it's called? photo(33).jpg photo(34).jpg
     
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  3. Stang1968

    Stang1968 Member

    Better pics are needed, but it looks interesting. It appears to start at the rim and go in, but I can't see if it goes back to the rim elsewhere.
     
  4. modelgiuseppe

    modelgiuseppe Member

    Here are some more pics photo(35).jpg photo(36).jpg
     
  5. modelgiuseppe

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  6. rascal

    rascal Well-Known Member

    sometimes it's hard to tell what is wrong with a coin just by looking at photos. It looks like your coin may have been struck thru some thin foreign object like say maybe a piece of planchet scrap.
     
  7. modelgiuseppe

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  8. missingsf

    missingsf New Member

    looks like a die crack, possably a planchet error
     
  9. Trants4md

    Trants4md Member

    I would almost call it a Post strike Damage, perhaps it was even an in circulation strike! Very narrow oval for anything I can imagine! It could have been a clip from a previous mis-strike but it does not have a large enough arch in the dent to be a large coin piece, as best I can tell from here.
     
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