Was any of these issues due to poor quality control in the minting process? The "lemon" growing in the 9 is kind of cool. The eye looks messy and it almost looks like lincolns ghost in trolling him from the bay to his right. Is the blob in the 9 a die chip or die crack or something else?
So a "chip" will look more like a blob? Thats a safe way to think of it? A crack would be a line??? I might start a new little collection for all that I run across. Some look cool. I see them mostly in the "B" of liberty and any date with round numbers. Seems like I have quite a few from the 50s that have chips.
/1/ Don't post screen grabs - it does a 2nd sampling of the image besides the downscaling to show it on the screen in the 1st place. Obscures useful image information /2/ Please always include full pictures, square and in focus of the obverse and the reverse of the coin - it gives context. /3/ Minting is a large industrial process. Its purpose is to make things to use as money, not perfection. Next time you buy a car, go over it with a 100x microscope... you'll be amazed at what good-enough looks like.
Yes, in general. Die cracks are usually 'sorta' straight, but can divert in different directions, depending on how the Die itself cracked, or cracks as more coins are struck. Die chips can be 'roundish', oval, blob-looking, etc. A chip out of the die can be almost any shape.
I normally post full pics of the penny using my iphone. On this one because it wasnt anything special I didnt want to post too many pics. My iphone will not zoom in real good so Im using my digital camera today...and all I can get from it is screen grabs. I have a regular little scope I generally use but the batteries are dead and I for the life of me cant find the size anywhere! So, sorry for the frustrating pictures.
/3/ Minting is a large industrial process. Its purpose is to make things to use as money, not perfection. Next time you buy a car, go over it with a 100x microscope... you'll be amazed at what good-enough looks like. I totally get that. Im one who admires awesome detail and craftsmanship! I actually thin its amazing that thousands of millions of pennies are minted and yet you can grab a random roll and find nothing really wrong with any of them. The miniscule tiny amount that have "errors" is....kind of the whole game right????
