What is it?
joeykoins
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I was at my favorite B+M shop yesterday and came across this peculiar Indian cent? Grant it, I know these aren't the best of photos because taken by my phone. Notice, if you can see a hook like appearance above the 9 in the date. It's not a scratch it's convex. It's about an 1/8 of an inch wide. I checked in the Rick Snow books, couldn't find anything that shows it. I was wondering is this worth buying and to check it out later more thoroughly? The price shows $12 but I'm pretty sure she'll give it to me for $10. What do you guy's think? Anybody ever see this before? Sorry for the bad pics. 
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
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I cannot be sure from those photo's....but looks like a small die crack....Cheers, RickO
but looks like a small die crack....Cheers, RickO
But RickO, die cracks are usually the size of a crack, very narrow. This appears to be an 1/8 of an inch, pretty wide for a ordinal die crack, I think anyway?
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Pass. Poor eye appeal with crud in the lettering. Very common date. Even if it is a die crack ... does anyone care but you?
"I was at my favorite B+M shop yesterday and came across this peculiar Indian cent? Grant it, I know these aren't the best of photos because taken by my phone. Notice, if you can see a hook like appearance above the 9 in the date. It's not a scratch it's convex. It's about an 1/8 of an inch wide. I checked in the Rick Snow books, couldn't find anything that shows it. I was wondering is this worth buying and to check it out later more thoroughly? The price shows $12 but I'm pretty sure she'll give it to me for $10. What do you guy's think? Anybody ever see this before? Sorry for the bad pics."
Grand it VS granted:
ADVERB
1. Admittedly; it is true (used to introduce a factor which is opposed to the main line of argument but is not regarded as so strong as to invalidate it).
"Granted, sitting around the house may not be your idea of the perfect retirement, but what's your choice when inflation is eroding the value of your nest egg?"
Considering the debris covering the rest of the coin... it very well could be some of that deposited near the date. Could be die crack or gouge... but without better photos cannot tell. Did you have a loupe so you could look more closely at it? If not, I would certainly pass.
Looks like a small die crack.
Oh great! First the "Thread Police" now the "Grammer Police". Lol
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line....cool coin but there is just no way that the crack is 1/8th an inch wide
This is exactly my point. This is definitely something other than a crack. Maybe a gouge like mentioned earlier? and YES, I did look at it through my Loupe.
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.If you don't mind I'm gonna laugh right along side yuh ...
I am leaving right now! Enough, my curiosity is killing me. Bye guys, going to my shop. I'll get back to ya with some better pics. Something is telling me to purchase it. Lol
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.That "Something" is the buying police!
It could be a deep cut (like with a knife)
which raised a flap of metal on one side.
After a little circulation wear, the flap can be partly pushed down and it obscures the deep cut.
We see this kind of thing on half dimes sometimes.
Example on Mercury dime:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/983280/i-dont-think-its-a-scratch-but-what-is-it
If it was from a die crack, usually that will extend to the edge.
The coin was GONE when I got there? We'll never know now. UrRRr
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.grammar
You just got busted by the "spelling police"! Son, you're in a heap of trouble...
Could be what you explained? Thanks
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Oh great! First the "Thread Police" now the "Grammer Police". Lol
I will confess, when I first saw that I wanted to send joeykoins a PM to explain it to him!! I remember as a young child I'd hear it said "Being taken for granted" or some such think and what I heard was "Being taken for GRANITE which is quite funny to me now. just to be sure, no, we aren't Grammar Police but being a little older than some members it always strikes me as funny when something is misunderstood like that.
there was a member who is no longer here that some long-timers may remember: Littlewicher. he was about 15 and desperately wanted to fit in. I recall that he went to all the various forums, entered each thread and left a two word reply --- I concur. he built his post total to over 10k in a matter of weeks but got busted and taken back to zero, it was pretty funny. for awhile, being the smart alecks that we are here, everyone who agreed with anything in any thread would post "I concur" just to hound the young man.
anyway, he had a little confusion with sayings and word usage, some were pretty funny. the one the sticks in my head was when he talked about people at a coin show and he said they were "all running rapid" around the Bourse. I explained to him that while they might be moving very quickly they were probably running rampant. I don't know if he got the joke but he didn't last very much longer.
just another of the colorful characters that end up here.
There is a word for when people use a similar sounding word in place of a correct one.
It probably happens a lot more these days due to "autocomplete" on smartphones.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism
Just be careful not to post too fast/much or the "posting too fast/much radar police" will pull you over.
It probably happens because a lot of people think they are smarter than they really are and they don't proof-read.
We need ninja police now