1924-D Lincoln, broken die reverse

Blackhawk

I got this coin recently from an online auction and when I received it saw that the reverse has what looks like a strike from a broken die. Half of the reverse field is higher than the other. Does any forum member have a knowledge of such things? Is this a known or common thing for this year?

Thanks,
Bill

jhuberdude

Damn that is cool! The guy you should show that to is Fred Weinberg.
Click here to go to his website.
Tell him of the forum or send him a picture. He can tell you what it is worth.
Thanks for sharing.
John

merz2

Look it up on coppercoins site.If it is known,he might have it.

Blackhawk

I couldn't find it on Coppercoins site

coppercoins

It looks nice but it's not something that would be "listed" anywhere, because it's not a die variety. It's an error...and when it comes to errors I know very little because I don't collect them. The first suggestion was the best one - Fred should know what it is and what it's worth.

errormaven

This is a rather uncommon form of die failure, but one which I've seen before. You've got a die crack, and the surface of the die sank in a little bit on the right, which naturally created a slight elevation on the coin's surface. The die therefore exhibited a slight degree of plastic deformation. Although die steel is hard and relatively brittle, on rare occasions it can deform in this manner.

One cannot be certain whether development of the crack preceded the deformation. It's entirely possible that the deformation came first, and the resulting stresses caused the die to crack.

I have Costa Rica 25 centavos with this same combination of cracking and deformation, much more strongly developed, in fact, than this cent.

errormaven

I was wrong. This 1924-D cent has two flat die dents, one on the right and one on the left. Each has a straight facing border. The one on the left is much fainter. I have also been sent two 1944-S cents, each from a different die pair, that also have flat die dents. One has paired die dents almost identical to the 1924-D cent and the other a single die dent. It has been speculated that these are caused by damage from feeder fingers. Hard to say.

I was originally fooled by a superficial resemblance to a "bi-level die crack".

A late correction is better than none.

badger

I'm new at this die crack stuff. I have a large cent with what I assume is a die crack that looks like it underlies the words.

Are die cracks cool or uncool?