1963 penny

Die crack obv?

 

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The obverse looks like a very slightly misaligned die strike. If you mean the reverse, IMO it looks like a die crack (if the line is raised). A scratch if it's incuse.

 

The reverse doesn't match the obverse..
They can't be the same coin..?..
Are they?
I'm new to collecting also..but they don't seem like the same year cent..

 

It's a linear plating blister.

 

On a 1963 cent?

 

Exactly!! My first thought as well.

 

Why is the color so far off? Just my two cent question.

 

If you're referring to "Wheat Leaves", the wheaties ended in 1958 and the Lincoln Memorial started in 1959. Close but no cigar.

I would think that on a 1963 there would be no plating blisters since those coins weren't plated. Weren't those coins an alloy mix? The mark in question appears, in the photo at least, to be raised in the bottom portion and incused in the top portion, which would make it that very rare "die break scratch"

Any color questions could be the photos or lighting or....something else.

Time to call in the specialists : @paddyman98 @Fred Weinberg

 

On your poll I voted "YES" and "NO WAY" because I don't even know what a "kepper" is.

 

..Well..I'm not that "new" to coin collecting. I've got a handle on the "wheaties"!

I was specifically referring to what looks like a linear plating blister [not] on a cent made out of 95% copper.
It's color is off also..

 

And that raised the question, how can this be the same coin? It must be two different coins, the obverse of a copper and the reverse of a zinc.

 

@PinchApenny1982, my opinion, based on my observation of the pic you provided, is that it is indeed a die crack (looks raised to me), albeit an unusual place on an otherwise nice strike. (The nice strike does not indicate to me the die deterioration which generally leads to a crack...so...)

Nice cent overall (although not that old! ) & I would say a kepper, er...keeper...unless you meant kipper, in which case just put it on a cracker with some sour cream & enjoy!

Btw, love your avatar, is it yours?

 

Those two coins are not the same. If you blow up the rev. photo there seems to be other linear lines in the vicinity. The rev is a zinc.
I still can't find a die crack on the Obverse.

 

First off if it weren't for the faux pa with the slip up of terms regarding the side of the error in question. I would think this OP knows how to test this group.
That said ..isn't there something else that tells us this isn't a 1963 cent?


Maybe we are looking at two SEPERATE questions. " Is the 1963 a kepper" ( *keeper)
..and the other cent
" die crack Obv.?" (*reverse)
Either way there is something else I think I see for proof of two seperate cents

 

It looks different because I had the light closer or at a different angle

 

If this is so then take some better photos of the coin and area in question.
I have never seen a copper Lincoln with surfaces like the reverse photo you posted.
Better photos are needed.

 

If you read all of the above posts you will see that it appears to be two different cents. To me, as I stated above, it looks to be a copper obverse and a zinc reverse. Better photos are needed, especially on the reverse, with a closeup of the area in question. Thank you.

 

My take is the coin could have been in a Whitman tri- fold holder, this meaning the reverse was protected for 56 years or so. I saw no die cracks on the obverse and the jury is out on the anomaly and strike for the reverse. The reverse pic is blurry, need a better one as P&G and Collecting Nut said...Spark

 

Yes. Also I would like to see the distance between the A and the M