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HyparmanHyparman Posts: 7
edited December 24, 2025 5:13PM in U.S. Coin Forum

1989 p, it may be hard to see. Is this a die crack? Or cud, it streams off the building and pools by the fg.

Thank you for looking.


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  • Morgan WhiteMorgan White Posts: 13,088 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 38,580 ✭✭✭✭✭

    that is made when the die cracked

    not worth anything extra

  • numis1652numis1652 Posts: 100 ✭✭✭

    My guess it is either a sloppy tooling of the die to remove rust, in which case it will appear on other strikes from same die OR It is a defect in the planchet which should have been eradicated by the heat & pressure from the die impression. So, most likely sloppy “ retooling “ of the die to remove perhaps rust on the die.

    Great closeup. But being so microscopic it will not be accepted as a premium die variety.

  • TomBTomB Posts: 22,872 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's just from a cracked die. It is interesting, but not worth anything extra.

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  • jonathanbjonathanb Posts: 3,967 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @numis1652 said:
    My guess it is either a sloppy tooling of the die to remove rust, in which case it will appear on other strikes from same die OR It is a defect in the planchet which should have been eradicated by the heat & pressure from the die impression. So, most likely sloppy “ retooling “ of the die to remove perhaps rust on the die.

    Those are extremely poor guesses, unless you're intentionally trying to confuse the OP.

    The US Mint uses dies VERY quickly. It's basically impossible for a modern die to exhibit rust, or need retooling because of rust.

    It looks like a crack and quacks like a crack. Minor die cracks are extremely common. There's no reason to doubt that this is a die crack.

  • jonathanbjonathanb Posts: 3,967 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Hyparman said:
    1989 p, it may be hard to see. Is this a die crack? Or cud, it streams off the building and pools by the fg.

    Please share the definitions of

    a) die crack
    b) cud

    and then describe her w each term does or doesn't apply to this coin.

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