Anthony Dollar 1979 D New Variety?

[PenelopePan]

Hello,
I have an Anthony dollar that I first thought had a die error of some kind, but my coin appraiser told me he thinks this could be a new die variety. Thoughts?

[occnumis2021]

if you are referring to the thing between the stars, it is most likely a die crack and not worthy of significance.

[PenelopePan]

That’s what I thought, but my appraiser said I should check, he thought it wasn’t. And he grades professionally. If everyone on here says it’s a crack that’s fine, just wanted to check!

[occnumis2021]

it isn't impossible to be something else but for sure not something listable that i've ever seen and i'd like to think i've seen a lot. if you cruise the coneca sticky links and other coin error sites, you may see something i haven't though.

it could be some weird die erosion or other effect. a lot of different things happen to dies over the course of their life and how they are made can be a big factor in this.

[PenelopePan]

Thank you, that’s very helpful!

[Gcantrell7]

Coin appraiser or coin dealer?

[PenelopePan]

He does both.

[MintErrors]

It's a die break. Check out some morgan dollars that happens a lot to them through the stars. The images on coins are raised, but sunk into the dies. Over the life of the die, things happen. Eventually they will lose their sharpness from striking several hundred thousand coins, and die cracks will start to appear. Agreed, it's not really not worth much in the collectable world, in my opinion.

[PenelopePan]

Thank you very much for your help!