Haven't posted on here in a bit, but I found a pretty penny in a old roll from the 70's and I cannot tell whats happening here Thanks in advance!
Yep, that's from a deteriorated die. Poor thing had been worked to death. (now I'm thinking about dies with deuterium bonded to them, maybe a bit of nuclear fusion to improve striking pressure...)
Thanks! Also, if you dont mind me asking, could this be a die crack? The way its running doesnt look like a scratch
OP before you post any pictures you need to check the variety sites my money's on this is a DDR but if you don't check the sites and just show up here good luck you'll need it http://varietyvista.com/01b LC Doubled Dies Vol 2/DDR 1962.htm
Keep in mind bad pictures give bad answers nobody's fault but the OP Yes I'm a veteran collector too of any kind of variety I'm the guy
The coin was minted by a worn out tired die. The line that you call a die crack is not that. It’s a lamination issue, a planchet error. Put in a flip to protect it.
Really? With that extremely "flat and shelf-like" image stretched toward the rim? I'm definitely not the guy for variety attribution, but this really looks like classic die-deterioration "doubling" to me. Are you seeing something different?
These early year 82s zinc of course show some heavyware here's an example 1982 DDR-002 https://share.google/Hy4qZnSNqJoJn0y5e Just cuz it die is worn and torn, beat to hell doesn't mean it's not doubled die That's why always visit the variety sites to see how they took their pictures so you'll know how to take yours