Morning, another first cupper. Somewhere I had read that there is a quarter that is called the spike in the head... cannot remember just where, but am pretty sure. Is this one? Thank you so very much.
If the area in question is incused into the field then it is a scratch. It has to be raised in order for it to be a Die Break. A spike in the head is just a nickname given to any coin that shows a Die Break or Die Crack protruding from the head. It's a silly term.
There are people who have been led to believe that various die cracks are worth a premium. For the most part, it is just a form of trickery that some shysters use to sell their coins. Don't fall into the "name game" trap. Chris
Pop70 Very nice, I have several coins that have die break similar. As you can see by some of the comments you're getting, some members do not have a high opinion on these types of coins, and simply do not waste their time on these. My philosophy be has been if I like it I'm going to keep it though the value may only be face value. Still goes back to the saying a coin only is worth what someone is willing to pay you for. Personally I'd like to see some of these other members going to a coin shop and accuse the dealer of any kind of deception to sell a coin, see how fast their thrown out of that store And told never to return again.Most part most dealers are upfront and honest when it comes to selling a coin.But you can bet when you or in the store to sell a coin they will lowball you to purchase that coin.And you really can't blame them because they're in the business to make money.
paddyman98 Can't really tell by the photos, possibly a strikethrough. But like the couple that I have, the metal is raised on the face of the coin so that tells me there is a flaw in the die itself or there was a piece of debris on the die or coin when struck. But the only thing that rules out a strikethrough there would be signs of it in the lettering. So I'm going to stick with a flaw in the die. Over the years I've had seen many die cracks and they can very somewhat.
There's not too much you could do with the ops pic because of the low megapixel. But if you blow it up you can see the whole letter has a box outline. I think there's a little bit more going on here then we know.
I got about as much magnification as I could. Know I saw some thing on it but can't remember where, but probably just a selling ploy. Searched for quite awhile and could not locate a thing. Thank you all so much
The mark on the op's coin is pmd, I am not understanding the reason for trying to make it something it's not?
Maybe picture from a different angle would be helpful by showing the topography the deformity... I agree with Pickin', it looks like PMD. If Usmc has photos of several other coins with the same (not similar- the exact same) feature, that would indicate otherwise, and it would be interesting to compare. (edit: just noticed we don't even know the date of op's coin)
I forgot some members on CT do not have an imagination. Definitely agree this whatever it may be happened outside the mint. Definitely not saying it's anything special, I would file it in my oddities file and always have fun trying to figure out what caused it. But that's to this me I like having fun collecting. It's not always bottom line. USMC60
Well you just have to excuse me, I really do not have the time to go through my threads. But you are more than welcome to since you're a well-known member. Knock yourself out.
...I'm not digging thru your threads to prove your point... I agree with every other member who has posted their opinion- it is PMD. As is, the pictures OP posted are in no way detailed enough to come to a conclusion. If you can figure out the date of OPs coin using the anomaly as a marker, feel free to do so.
Well well no member that I've never heard about. Had a little time on my hands this morning, so you may want to check this out https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1995-lightning-strike.274315/ USMC60 PS 95% of the coins shown here on error coins are all PMDs.
Welp, that proves it. You don't know who I am. Thus it is obviously a die crack. I didn't disrespect you, and I would appreciate it if you showed the same common courtesy.
Sir I was always brought up treat people the way you want to be treated. And if you feel that I've disrespected you well there's not too much I can do about that, I'm just replying to your comments. Maybe I'm taking your comments in the wrong perspective. And Sir if you haven't figured it out yet, I am rude crude and socially unacceptable. And at times I'm known to say things frankly that other people just do not want to hear. And to me that is their problem if they can't handle the truth. I do not sugarcoat things to make people feel comfortable. I have a tendency just to tell it like it is. USMC60
Had to do a little looking but this is the photo I wanted you to take a look at. I know it's not going through the head but they do occur on coins.
