Decapitated or Speared Lincoln

[Merlin8971]

Here is a 1982 Lincoln penny that has a die crack from 10 oclock thru the date and decapitates or spears lincoln through the neck.

[diamond]

It looks like a linear plating blister.

[Merlin8971]

Please explain a linear plating blister, what is it, what causes it, how it is different from a die crack, how one can tell the difference between a die crack and a blister.

[coin-crazy]

Please explain a linear plating blister, what is it, what causes it, how it is different from a die crack, how one can tell the difference between a die crack and a blister.

Linear plating blister in simple words, is a long gas bubble!! The cause I think one of the others may explain in full detail!!!

[diamond]

Gas expands during the strike, pushing up loosely-adherent copper plating. A gas bubble will have blunt edges and a puffy appearance while a die crack will be narrow, sharply defined, and often jagged.