Hope you all are doing great! So i picked this up for a couple bucks it seem like a nice piece to add in the silver collection. When i got a chance to look at this a little closer seen a die crack along the eagles wing which was pretty cool. Then seen something across the beak and head not sure if it’s another die crack or is it a lamination issue? Looking forward to your reply’s.
Looks like it could be DDR-001 can you get more pictures,the mint mark also matches. http://varietyvista.com/09b WQ Vol 2/DDR Detail Pages/1959DDDR001.htm
Fun coin, I think that it is die deterioration, the severe die cracks on the obverse. By example of the 5, this die was falling off. Really close to a retained cud. Really fun coin thanks for sharing it.