So I'm going through a bunch of 1910's Lincoln's and came across this. Help please, is this a crack or damage or just something else ? I got the best pictures I could get. Let me know what you think, thanks.
It appears to be a lamination error because of an improper mixing of alloys. Having said that, I would keep that if I found it (I keep all errors I find), but you're not going to get any money out of it if you were to try to sell.
Good question. There is a big difference between a Die Crack and a Lamination Crack. A die Crack is on the Die itself which would cause the appearance of a raised line on the coin. A lamination as the others have stated is when there is a planchet error on the surface of the coin. You have a nice one. Here are the examples - (I want to share these webpages with you) http://www.error-ref.com/die_crack_curved_rim-to-rim___pre-cud__/ http://www.error-ref.com/bi-level_die_cracks_/ http://www.error-ref.com/lamination-cracks/
That's for the links. Good information, I think I now go along the line of lamination crack. Thank you.