Cracked planchet error question

eyoung429

At what percentage of a complete crack through the planchet gains a premium upon resale? Does it matter the denomination, date, or the composition of the material??

Broadstruck

<< <i>At what percentage of a complete crack through the planchet gains a premium upon resale? Does it matter the denomination, date, or the composition of the material?? >>



Tough to answer as there's no value guides on cracked planchets...

I only own one and paid a serious premium based on a non error MS65 $1, yet it's also the longest crack I've ever seen on a silver dollar.

There are 2 fully broken Morgan $1's that fetch a bit more then just a crack.

1922-P Cracked Planchet

stinkinlincoln

WOW! That Peace is a clean 65, and the crack is amazing!

BillJones

I would say that cracked planchet, such as the previous post on a 1922 Peace dollar, should be worth a decent premium (a few hundred dollars) to those who enjoy this sort of thing. I also have to admit that I'm guessing here, but a natually cracked planchet on a modern coin has got to be scarce to rare.

I can tell you that on early U.S., confederation and colonial coins, a cracked planchet can be big negative when it comes to value. Most collectors avoid them. I also once saw a very rare Hard Times token on a cracked planchet. The price was high, which might have had something to do with a lack of a sale, but for my money my interest in the piece was pretty close to zero. To me on early coins, are like laminations - they are big negatives. The darn thing is not very attractive, and if the coin should split in half, then what have you got? Not much so far as I'm concerned.

eyoung429

Thanks for the replies.....No need to worry Bill, the coin in question is a 1921 S Morgan. Crack appears to be from rim into the hair behind the date on the obv and from the rim to "we" in the motto.

GrumpyEd

If that crack was longer it would be 2 half dollars

Very nice!!! And a 65!!! WOW

rld14

I have a Walker that I found amongst other junk 90% that ha a cracked planchet with what looks like a big rim cud. Think it owes me $5