What is going on with this 1984-D Lincoln?
amiller
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Found this in circulation recently. What is going on between GOD and WE? Die crack? It is very straight and clean (not jagged like I'd expect for a die crack).
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.......all i see are 4 red X's
<< <i>.......all i see are 4 red X's >>
........NOW I SEE SOMETHING!! i'd say something got on the die and gave up its life for the coin design.
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
On new ones sometimes you can smash the bubble but on older ones it fills with zinc oxide so it may not flatten.
Die defects are raised, a dent in a die becomes a raised area on a coin but this looks more bubbly.
I applied some pressure to the area and it flattened out, so was a bubble. I had previously never heard of such a thing.
As has been said countless times before, there is always something new to learn on these forums.