Hello friends, hope everyone is well. I found a 1955-S Penny that has a bunch of metal in both 5's of the date. Can anyone tell me what this is from? Broken die? Also, in the same coin on the obverse Lincoln has a horizontal crack near the bottom of his jacket. This looks like an actual crack. I thought it was from a cracked die or even PMD but cracked dies leave a raised line on the coin right (Cracked die to the left of the actual crack in the penny)? Is this a crack in the coin? Every time I look up "crack in a coin" the article talks about a die crack. Hard to get a good picture of the crack as it is encased. Any help understanding this is appreciated. Thank you!
You've two errors going on, there, a lamination on the shoulder, and die chips on the date. It's an OK specimen, but still, for the most part, it's not a premium coin. Those errors might bring a little at that grade, but not that much, nickels and dimes.
Yup, definitely die chips in the date. Kinda cool, a bit different, but also very common. The '5' especially on Lincolns - any time there's a 5, die chips like that are common. As for your other question... kinda looks like you've got two other things going on here. First if you look at his shoulder to the left of the coin, I'd say that looks like a die crack. But, the issue on his lapel that you've highlighted kind of looks like a "lamination". This article will explain: https://www.error-ref.com/lamination-cracks/
After further review...(football announcer ) you have given a spot-on assessment, as always. Thank you for the link to error-ref.com as well. The delamination crack is something I have never heard of and this opens my eyes to new terminology. Thank you thank you.
