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I have this 1972 d Lincoln that I'm thinking is a shattered die.
The lines on the obverse are raised and the center of the obverse is very weak almost blurry looking.
Can someone tell me what I have here? I can't find values for it if it is a shattered die any idea where I can find them? There's not much on ebay
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I have no idea what that is... does not look like a shattered die....Let's flag @FredWeinberg for his input....Cheers, RickO
Looks like a "Broken" die.
Image from Heritage Rare Coins:
This was in a Heritage auction. It may be the end stage to yours.
The fracture line doesn't look quite identical, but very similar coin.
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A split die. 1972 was a very good year for them.
Nice!
The Mint got a batch of bad die steel in 1971 that produced dies for cents and nickels (and maybe dimes, not sure off the top of my head) that were too brittle and tended to split down the middle. Obviously some of that batch was still in use when they started making 1972 dies.
Looks like a split die.