1969 lincoln cent major die break?

Thank you all, for the many comments! I need to have it checked out(hands on). All knowledgeable comments are welcome. Please continue.

 

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I see your thoughts with the above statement. But they are not correct only an assumption. Your coin is only stained, and there is not a die crack, nor is it a bilevel die crack.
This is a bi level rim to rim die crack, do you see any kind of discoloration? Bi level die cracks come from shattered dies and are very noticeable.

Here is a rim to rim die crack in an early die state. Do you see any type of discoloration?

There is zero resemblance between your coin and either of these coins.

 

That's an Oxymoron

 

Wouldn't it have to be a wicked good clean dirty stain ?

 

Cool. Do that. You don't need our help.

 

Some of you help and some of you don't. I know the difference. Thanks, really!!

 

Your welcome @Avery G. Sir .

 

That's good you understand that. Take the information you are given and double check it. At some point you will find the correct answer.

 

Pretty subjective opinion. If the statement agrees with my opinion, it's good. If it doesn't, it's not?

 

Like call it. Heads I win tails you lose.

 

A bi-level die crack? Are you implying that half of the hardened steel of the die shifted up or down like you might see from an earthquake?

Please! It is one thing to speculate on what might have happened, but this is going too far.

 

We see case-hardened steel dies that pick up clashes all the time. We see those dies picking up polish lines, dents and scratches all the time. Dies can feel struck through debris, but depending on the debris.

So he's got a bi-level die crack...

 

Take a look at the bottom portion of the dime that P&G posted. It's a shattered die, and the top portion is two different levels. The bottom portion is a raised die crack. That is what happens just before the die shatters. The OP's coin is nothing like it.

 

That's about when they're ready to come apart, huh? Yeah, I don't know how that one hung on. The OPs coin ain't that, a ten-year-old could see it.