crack

[hami 1]

novice seeking advice, again! have bought at seperate times and from different sources recently 2 young vic head halfpennies of 1841. on examining with X10 loop each has an identical crack across the obverse froom E in DEI across head bands and ending just left of the 1 in date. The match is almost exact. it does not appear on side of rim nor on reverse. Explanations ??? if any.

[azda 979]

Same die

[Peter 615]

Hami

I will check my 1841 tonight.

It was in fact my most expensive coin which I bought in the early 70's for 50p

It will be a die crack.

[hami 1]

thanks for responses, but if the die is cracked the impression should be raised ??

[Rob 3,152]

An incuse die crack is usually called a scratch, unless there was a piece of metal stuck to the die which also left an impression.