1964 P Kennedy Die Chip/Crack

So I cracked open an unopened roll of 64 Kennedy Halves. Every one has some sort of chip or crack through the clouds between the stars, some are only ¼" long, some run through the entire area of clouds. Anything special here?

 

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All I see is a normal reverse for a ken half

 

Some extend out of the clouds and through the rays.

 

It looks like a die crack. And, if they all have it they may be from the same die. You should look and see if there is any obvious progression.

 

look at the cloud bottoms in the center

 

Yup I can see it with the third picture its a die crack

 

So far 14/15 from one roll, haven't finished yet. And definite progression, some are all through the clouds, some only a couple, and some through the rays.

I also found this: https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=325213

 

If this was a mint roll they may be from the same die. I found a mint roll of Jefferson's all with the same die chip. You could see the progression. Nice find.

 

Thanks- the first roll had 18/20 with it. The second roll so far is starting to show more severe die crack at the bottom and traces of one forming above it still in the clouds.

 

If you look close at your first one you can see the crack at the top.

 

No such thing as a "Mint Roll", but they were probably rolled from the same Mint Bag.

 

Roll was from the Pittsburgh branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.

 

It's a die crack.