Die crack? Stamp through? Die clash? 1973 Lincoln Rev.

I probably miss more Than I find.
it would be cool to find it's siblings if they are out there. I'd imagine more than one got stamped before they found it.

 

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yes there were probably thousands just like this one that got struck before the die was changed. if I find the time I may start a new thread later today and show one of my feeder finger coins so folks can know what to look for.

 

That would be good. I'd like to learn more

 

Rascal, do your feeder finger scrapes go SE/NW? I don't think the coin pictured here is feeder finger scrapes simply because of the direction they are going...

 

Any images of feeder finger scrapes?

 

I believe these ejector and or feeder finger scrapes can go in two different directions. I have a unusal cent coin here that has them going in both directions. I'll try to get a image of this coin and put it on a new thread sometime later today if I'm not too tired. I have to take my son back to the hospital today , we will be driving about all day.

 

I've seen feeder finger gouges run the other way on older wheat cents, but I've never seen it on Memorial Cents.

 

Do the feeder fingers dig into the die?

 

They do dig into the die, and thus leave raised areas on the coins. You can see examples and read about it here:

http://www.error-ref.com/die-scrapes.html

 

The thing on my coin doesn't look like a feeder finger damage at least looking at the examples on error.ref. Mine is rectangular with straight sides and a uniform height. They show it always as multiple scratches not a single bar like mine.
If I send this in to get attributed who should I send it to. ANACS, PCGS? I am new to collecting so I have no experience with this.

 

PCGS certainly would not attribute it, and I'm not sure if ANACS would. The fact is that it is a form of die damage, some way or another. Not worth sending to a TPG in my opinion.
You could try sending it to an error attributor at CONECA...

 

I've seen plenty of coins with single gouges from feeder fingers. You have to remember that error-ref.com tries to publish the more extreme examples. I'm not saying that yours is from a feeder finger. I wouldn't send it in because the TPGs aren't going to attribute it as a mint error. Regardless of what caused it, at the end of the day it's just a die gouge even if it is interesting.

 

I agree with you that the feeder finger fingers can leave only one gouge. I have some coins here to prove that with some with only one awesome gouge and others with two gouges close together. like folks are saying a die gouge is only a gouge no matter what scratched the die.I like trying to find them from roll searching even if they are not worth very much.

 

WoW !! You know what they all would do or not !!

 

I do, I know absolutely everything about every single TPG, including what they will attribute, what their social security numbers are, and what the lunch menu for wednesdays is. And I'm proud of that fact.
(Edited as apparently my sarcasm is lost on some people that think I'm omnipotent)

 

Just wow

 

Ok . I won't waste my money. I love the coin.

 

Did you notice the split serif on all three horizontal parse of the E in ONE? There are more on other parts of the reverse too. Might be a DDR
Did you notice the thickened rounded letters in the date?.may be a DDO as well.

 

The bottom of the E definitely appears to be a well-placed hit as opposed to a doubled die.
The date and letters of 1973 were all extra thick that year for some reason...

 

If you're quite sure that it's not something that was added to the coin after it left the mint, then the most likely explanation would be a die gouge or a linear die dent. I couldn't speculate on the source of the damage.