Howdy Friends, Just found this 1962 D penny in a roll and is it ever cracked. I'm not particularly knowledgable on cracked dies or lamination errors, but I do know to start asking whenever I see anything odd or different, because sometimes they are worth money. This coin has a flap that is folded and then another big crack, with several small cracks on the bottom and more on the neck even. I'm thinking it's a pretty big cracked die - but again, I don't know and that's why I'm asking The penny itself is in fine condition roughly - but the cracks are immense and as you can see, one of them even folded (I'm not sure if that is good or bad? hehehe) So - please any help on this penny would be very educational and I thank you in advance Again, it's probably not worth anything, but I can't discard it without seeing what others think first. Thanks! Esky
Great pics of a very cool lamination!!! :thumb: I think you can definitely get more than face for it. How much more I will not venture a guess.
Since people collect cigar bands, elongated cents, wooden nickles, and more, it's really hard to find anything that isn't collectible. Would I collect it?
Okay - So is it a lamination error and not a cracked die error? What is the difference? I'm not expecting it to be worth much - but I need education on it. Thanks - Esky
A lamination error starts with a defective planchet - the round blob of metal that will someday grow up to be a coin. It will generally involve some separation of part of the coin. A cracked die error shows the imprint of a die which has cracked through overuse or defective manufacture. It will involve a raised line on the coin, where metal has been forced into the crack.
One thing you could do is sandpaper it back to normal. A bench grinder would surely get rid of that ugly blob. To save yourself the problem, just send it to me. Your lamination error coin is pretty significent as to lamination problems. For reality you may have a coin that could start you off as an error collector. I go to about 3 coin shows a month around here and error coins are becoming a large item. Error coins like yours are just starting to hit the $, $$, $$$ areas so I'd put that thingi in a 2x2, lable it and hold on to it as a start of something big.
Here is a die break... Here is a die crack..... In Morgans it is all about the severity. A break is a VAM, a crack is not. Still cool though.
Becky, those are both die cracks. The first one has become wider because of die is chipping away between the O and the die crack. This is an example of a coin with a die BREAK. (And some nice cracks as well)
