Is this Lincoln cool?

or no?

 

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Nice die crack.

 

If you are into die cracks, go for it. I looks like a small date to me and that means it is worth something, but the die crack does little to nothing to the value

 

Definitely cool! Nice crack...ahem, die crack that it

-LTB

 

I bought it a while ago on E-Pray one day and forgot about it. Pulled it out the other night and have spent hours trying to get a decent pic (just recently bought a camera and either it's a lemon or I am).

Can someone help me understand why die cracks aren't considered mint errors? Aren't these coins that the mint would not want out the door? Or is QC that more (much more) relaxed on business strike coins?

 

I think a die crack is considered a die state instead of an error. The right dies were used/overused.

 

Die cracks are from die wear and the mint and several professionals view them as damage.

 

A die crack under certain circumstances along with other factors (such as die flow lines) may aid in the determination of a die state (i.e., VEDS, EDS, EMDS, MDS, LMDS, LDS, VLDS), but it may not. A faulty die could start to crack very quickly and the could remain EDS before it is pulled. Welxer and Wiles both often use stages that sometimes correlate with die state and cracks such as this on a variety of some sort may signify one or two stages depending on how long it took the crack to spread to the current size.

I don't have time, but CONECA has a series of umbrella terms that link down to different die errors such as this, if one was inclined, one could relay that here in this thread...

 

Thanks for all the input. It appears as though the overall opinion is damage, makes sense. Still looks cool. Just seems like I hear an occasional argument for error and it still makes me wonder why/how it would get out the door. I assume it's production costs amongst other costs, especially with mintages (near/at?) all-time highs. So many coins, so little time. What if a die crack is on an older coin with low mintage, like a 32D Washington? Then does it become more desirable? Or is it still just damaged, rare, and sad?

 

catch 22 error hunters usualy dont care for key dates, key date hunters usualy dont care about errors

 

Is there a premium on a die crack?? Also would that be considered an error coin??

 

This is true, a couple years ago I bought 2 1924-D wheat cents out of the Error Trends Coin Magazine for $10.25. Both had rotated reverses and were considered just a wheatie with a rotated reverse. Its good to play on both sides of the field...

 

Nice coin. With a crack that obvious I would enjoy having it in my collection.

 

Thanks for the lead jcuve. A ton of info that will take forever to go through. So would this coin still be considered a rim to rim die crack although it doesn't technically touch the rims? It starts just below the G and ends in the vest.