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<p>[QUOTE="paddyman98, post: 3236981, member: 44615"]A Die Crack is not a crack on the coin itself. It is a crack on the Die that strikes the blank planchet. So when the die strikes, the metal flows into the crack leaving a raised appearance on the coin. Many people confuse what a Die Crack actually is.</p><p>That circular looking issue is not raised and cannot be a Die Crack. Looks like someone took a circular sharp edged object and struck the Cent with it.</p><p>There is a mint error know as an Incomplete clipped planchet but when that occurs it cuts into both sides of the Planchet and leaves a similar incused cut such as yours. But yours shows no evidence of this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="paddyman98, post: 3236981, member: 44615"]A Die Crack is not a crack on the coin itself. It is a crack on the Die that strikes the blank planchet. So when the die strikes, the metal flows into the crack leaving a raised appearance on the coin. Many people confuse what a Die Crack actually is. That circular looking issue is not raised and cannot be a Die Crack. Looks like someone took a circular sharp edged object and struck the Cent with it. There is a mint error know as an Incomplete clipped planchet but when that occurs it cuts into both sides of the Planchet and leaves a similar incused cut such as yours. But yours shows no evidence of this.[/QUOTE]
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