1955D LWC - Retained Lamination? (edit: pre-cud?)

Tilt the coin and take a picture if the edge of the lower anomaly.

 

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If the die is breaking, it can recess (vertical movement) hence shelflike crack and can move horizontally as seen in the separation in the wheat stalk and wider die crack.

 

Sorry for the delay, it's taking some time to fine tune my precise equipment.


Here's what I'm seeing pointing down at the lower edge of the, er... anomaly.

 

The plastic guard at the bottom of the USB microscope is moving the penny over and keeping me from getting closer to the flaw. This is about as angled as I can make it and still get a decent pic:

 

Wow. I like that one. I would save that one

 

It’s a crack. If it was a lamination there would be a separation of sort at the bottom.

 

Don’t throw anything back that’s different. Thanks. I think that coin is a great example.

 

Good job

 

I'm afraid I'm going to have to agree with that. That plus there does not seem to be any crack or separation along the rim that you would expect if the metal were pulling apart. This is something new for me - a die crack that doesn't appear to have a raised scar on the coin, but instead exhibits as a sharp(ish) edge of raised metal.

 

Thanks! It was a hard fought battle with the mouse for those arrows. I eventually succeeded though!

 

Can you show us an example of a offset lamination with a a die crack (on a well known weak area of a coin) that shows no obvious movement of the lamination (wrinkles, folds, bubbles, etc...) ?

 

OMG. Isn't the offset of the stalk enough of a lifting for you? And no, I can't show you that. Try to deal with it.

 

Definition: A die crack that follows a curved trajectory from one point on the rim to another. The area of the die face cordoned off by such a crack generally amounts to less than 40% of the total area. The die crack shows only lateral spread. The presence of either vertical displacement or horizontal offset would indicate the presence of a retained cud. If the lateral spread exceeds half-a-millimeter, it should be labeled a curved, asymmetrical split die.