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Message:: [QUOTE="buffknut, post: 57750, member: 3484"]About 30 years ago I bought an old upright piano and took it apart to clean out the mice nests, candle wax and half dozen pennies that had worked their way between the keys. One of these pennies was a 1924 D in really great shape. Lincoln's facial features are sharp and all the wheat lines are present and sharp. It would probably be graded as VF...it is really in nice shape BUT it has a defect. I think the defect may make it worth more than what I'm seeing on eBay, etc. There is a crescent shaped defect below Lincoln's shoulder, I believe it is called a die break. That defect has resulted in very faded letters on the flip side opposite the die break. On that flip side, the P and L are there, but are faint and difficult to see. The L is also faint, but not to the degree that the other two letters. I took it into a coin store shortly after I found it (early-mid 1970's) and the fellow at the counter said he'd give me $26. I thanked him and left. I know what these pennies sell for on eBay, but what does a die break add to a coin like this? Thanks![/QUOTE]