Hello All, I have two 2018 pennies with the same anomaly. They appear to have die cracks coming from the w in we and going down into Lincoln's head then splitting to the rear of the head.
Based on those pics I would say they appear to be die cracks, also it appears that coin has some major DDD ( die deterioration doubling) going on. IMO Welcome to Cointalk Dave
Thanks Dave and Collecting Nut, I have noticed a lot of DDD on newer pennies. There is no detail in the beard or the bow tie on virtually all of the 2015 through present pennies that I have looked at. They seem weak and sloppy compared to older pennies.
That area of a die crack is fairly common from the 1950's thru current cents........ Nice example of a die crack on a new '18 cent......
I did not know that was a popular place for die cracks, Thanks. I found two, exactly alike in my change the same day. I have a crap load of 2017's with cracks on the upper left of the shield on the raised part.
