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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pickin and Grinin, post: 2940250, member: 73995&quot;]The Mint does not document each dies life, each coin that a die makes has die markers. The markers can be as small as the placement of a MM, or a die scratch.&nbsp; <a href="http://doubleddie.com/58201.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://doubleddie.com/58201.html" rel="nofollow">http://doubleddie.com/58201.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A die&#039;s life is usually known by the documentation associated with each series of coinage. If there is a Variety, ie RPM, Doubled Die, Re-Punched Date etc. die cracks are used to determine which stage the die was in when struck. (usually a late die state)</p><p><br /></p><p>There were 20,882,000 97P Kennedy&#039;s struck this would make the identification of each die difficult. As it stands, your Bisecting Die crack is pretty cool, there may be a progression a small crack near the rim that exploded into the one you have, and there may be a shattered die out there that makes yours look minor. It all depends on when the mint pulled the die out of use.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another reference if you don&#039;t have it.</p><p><a href="http://www.error-ref.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.error-ref.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.error-ref.com/</a> </p><p><a href="http://www.error-ref.com/die-crack-rim-to-rim/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.error-ref.com/die-crack-rim-to-rim/" rel="nofollow">http://www.error-ref.com/die-crack-rim-to-rim/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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