is this a big die crack?

i found four of these 59 d lincolns while roll hunting. kind of new at this. is this a die crack on his head? i have four different stages, each a little more pronounced than the last.these are two different pennies.

 

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Yes it is a die crack. It is sometimes called "cracked skull"

 

I was thinkin' maybe a vein stickin' out.

Nice find.

 

or is this the uber-rare 'dreadlocked abe' variety.

 

In modern times perhaps it would be called a "crack head"

 

Your not going believe this but there is a Lincoln with a die crack that goes from the rim right to
into Abe's nose. I'll see if I can find the date for it when I get off.

 

It's a 1963. There's also a cracked skull that forms an "A" and one that forms a "B"
both on 1955 dies. I don't think they ever found one that forms an "E."