IHC creased planchet??

have any idea what this is? it appears under the letters (before struck)

thanks!

 

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Die crack? Irregular planchet thickness?

 

anything on the obverse? Cleaned or bad picture?

 

obverse is perfect. im assuming this is a die crack

 

It looks as if two planchets were mashed together before going to the press, and this it the outcome after being minted. Interesting. -O) Would have been nice to see the front of the coin, and to the make a better judgment.

 

The fact that the line is exactly the same arc as another cent, along with the fact that a die crack wouldn't follow such an arc, and would go from point to point in the die, would argue that it was caused by another cent.

 

better pictures of both sides would be useful.

 

i'll have to bump in a couple days when i can get some pics thx for all the input though

 

Larger photos would help.

 

Possibly an incomplete clip. (Punch cut part way through the strip and stopped. Then the strip advanced slightly and the blank was punched out showing the previous partial punching.)

 

I was thinking hammer job, but that would be unusual on a higher grade coin.

 

1% chance of a severely mis-aligned die clash.


99% junk

 

Is the effect of the arc on the letters or under the letters?

 

It's not an incomplete clip, that's for certain. Is the curved line actually incuse? If not, then it's probably just a stain.

 

definitely not a stain.. looks more like a scratch. half looks to be under the letters and the other half on top. i know this isn't exactly possible so i will take another closer look and hopefully post a half decent pic