1980 cent with cracked skull

[billscoins]

Hi, Has anyone seen one of these? This Lincoln cent has a crack in its skull and doubling on the reverse on right side of the monument. I don’t think the crack was post hit?
Bill

[diamond]

The dent in the head is post-strike damage. The resolution of the photo is too poor for me to determine the kind of doubling it is.

[billscoins]

new pictures

Thanks Mike for your reply,
I've enclosed links to larger images. The reverse shows the doubling better. Also I enclosed 2 pictures of the void in the obverse. I believe this could be a planhcet flaw where there was a void in the planchet prior to the strike. The metal is all at the same level even though the picture appears to have a raised area
Bill.

[diamond]

Your files are way too large. And despite the size of the photos, the resolution is rather poor. I still can't tell for sure what kind of doubling you have, but my guess is machine doubling. Lincoln's head still looks like it has post-strike damage.

[billscoins]

Mike,
The obverse looks like a 2 tooth saw blade got jammed in at an angle. Wonder if that could have happened before the strike? No way to know I guess?

You’re probably right about the obverse (I should have said REVERSE) doubling being MDD.The picture attached of the reverse is the best I can do for now. Is there any listed DDR’s for this date? The doubling does not show the sharp inside radius I've seen on the other MDD and the plating does not seem to be broken anywere, if the varitity is not already listed, It's most likely MDD.

Thanks again for your help.
Bill

[diamond]

I never said the obverse was afflicted with machine doubling. I said it was most likely post-strike damage. The right side of the Memorial's base is a common site for machine doubling.

[Novicetoerr]

1980 cent with cracked skull

Shape looks similar to my 1995 Thread in Die Variety (which BJ and Bill
commented as MDD). Where I followed up with another question...but open.


J

[billscoins]

Mike,
The obverse looks like a 2 tooth saw blade got jammed in at an angle. Wonder if that could have happened before the strike? No way to know I guess?

You’re probably right about the (I should have said REVERSE) doubling being MDD.The picture attached of the reverse is the best I can do for now. Is there any listed DDR’s for this date? The doubling does not show the sharp inside radius I've seen on the other MDD and the plating does not seem to be broken anywere, if the variety is not already listed, It's most likely MDD.

Thanks again for your help.
Bill

P.S.
Novicetoerr, I could not see the area you're referring to in your pictures?

[diamond]

Something hit the coin at an angle. You picture does appear to show the development of a pressure ridge on the right side, which would indicate the impact came after the strike. To check on the possibility of a doubled die, you might wish to refer to the CONECA files: http://www.conecaonline.org/variety_listings.html.