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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tommyc03, post: 7875350, member: 17665&quot;][USER=101257]@Shaun Schafer[/USER] Yes to a die crack. They were plentiful in the 1950&#039;s but also go way back before then. They seemed to pick up steam as a collectible in the 50&#039;s as that&#039;s the time when coin collecting in general took off. They were evident on the skull and also on the Memorial reverse through the 60&#039;s. I&#039;m not sure if there were die modifications happening but these cracks seemed to not be to prevalent for the longest time after that . They reappeared again in quantities in 1982 with the zinc cents and then kind of disappeared. Then, again in 2010 they came back with a fury in the hair and along the top left of the reverse shield. Again there were die modifications happening with the new design. Die cracks will always be around simply because of die wear, some years being worse than others.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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