1864 L Indian Head Cent Die Break and MPD?

Picked this one up yesterday here are a few images. I'm seeing some numbers in the denticles. Plus the die break through the date. Just wanted some feed back from the forum.Thanks

 

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interesting dirt in the dentils, no MPD that I see

also, nice die crack

 

I feel like I should know what this means.. MPD? But I don't

 

Misplaced Date.

Chris

 

OK now I understand. Thank you!

 

I look a lot for IHC MPDs. Whenever I see raised metal that stands out from the denticles, I also wonder if they're MPDs--because it is possible. And MPDs come in all levels of "obviousness". There are MPDs called by Snow that I couldn't call myself--but still do make sense because of a bulge where one shouldn't be.

And more IHCs MPDs are being discovered and catalogued all the time--unbelievable as that sounds after 100+ years! So far, there are no catalogued MPDs for 1864 IHCs of any type--but that doesn't mean they don't exist. Seeing the area against the date helps as does a few lighting angles--I've seen dramatic difference in what appears when I light differently. I do see something in the denticles--but more pictures will help.

 

Oh yeah--the obverse die break looks like a match for Snow-16.

 

Thanks Kurt

 

here's the 1870 date image Kurt

 

Paddy, I'm sorry to say this...but I think your coin has just sustained a hit which looks very similar to the Snow-5 MPD. However, the actual MPD spans 3 denticles with one under the "bridge" the 0 makes. The date position is slightly different too...bummer.

 

Kurt but here's one of the markers inside the loop

 

Have a look at this one also 1865 fancy 5 I found what looks to be a 1 SW of the primary 1

 

Dunno...the MPD just isn't shaped right, and the date position is different too--the big markers. I can also see the hit in the middle of the mark, which resembles the point of an old-style, square nail. That's my opinion, for what it's worth.