B Bad Karma Jr. Member Joined Dec 16, 2014 Messages 31 Reaction score 46 Golden Thread 0 Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Sep 10, 2018 #1 Hello, all. I found this in a MWR from a sealed bank box. It appears to me that I have a 1917 small cent with a cracked die going from the edge through the date. Any comments? Thank you. Attachments IMG_20180909_172706429_HDR.webp 23.9 KB · Views: 199 IMG_20180909_172515842.webp 66 KB · Views: 185 Upvote 0
Hello, all. I found this in a MWR from a sealed bank box. It appears to me that I have a 1917 small cent with a cracked die going from the edge through the date. Any comments? Thank you.
enamel7 Gold Member Joined Apr 16, 2005 Messages 6,415 Reaction score 2,551 Golden Thread 0 Location North Carolina Detector(s) used Garrett AT Gold Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Sep 10, 2018 #2 It does appear to be a crack. Unusual spot for sure!
Swaveab Hero Member Joined Jul 21, 2015 Messages 662 Reaction score 723 Golden Thread 0 Location Southwest PA Detector(s) used Safari Primary Interest: Other Sep 10, 2018 #3 Probably is cracked die, but I doubt it'll command that much more for it. BTW, that's an s mint mark.
Probably is cracked die, but I doubt it'll command that much more for it. BTW, that's an s mint mark.
B Bad Karma Jr. Member Joined Dec 16, 2014 Messages 31 Reaction score 46 Golden Thread 0 Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Sep 10, 2018 Thread Owner #4 Swaveab said: Probably is cracked die, but I doubt it'll command that much more for it. BTW, that's an s mint mark. Click to expand... Doh!! I wasn't thinking straight . . .
Swaveab said: Probably is cracked die, but I doubt it'll command that much more for it. BTW, that's an s mint mark. Click to expand... Doh!! I wasn't thinking straight . . .
H huntsman53 Gold Member Joined Jun 11, 2013 Messages 6,986 Reaction score 6,772 Golden Thread 0 Location East Tennessee Primary Interest: Other Sep 10, 2018 #5 Bad Karma said: Doh!! I wasn't thinking straight . . . Click to expand... That's because an "S" Mint Mark is curved.
Bad Karma said: Doh!! I wasn't thinking straight . . . Click to expand... That's because an "S" Mint Mark is curved.
B Bad Karma Jr. Member Joined Dec 16, 2014 Messages 31 Reaction score 46 Golden Thread 0 Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Sep 11, 2018 Thread Owner #6 huntsman53 said: That's because an "S" Mint Mark is curved. Click to expand... Well played!
Professor of Engineering Ruby Member Joined Oct 5, 2014 Messages 31,916 Reaction score 35,440 Golden Thread 1 Location Massachusetts 🥇 Banner finds 1 Detector(s) used Garrett: AT Pro, AT Gold & Infinium; Minelab: Explorer SE, II; Simplex; Tesoro: Tejon & Outlaw; White's: V3i Primary Interest: Relic Hunting Sep 12, 2018 #7 Cool find!
B Bad Karma Jr. Member Joined Dec 16, 2014 Messages 31 Reaction score 46 Golden Thread 0 Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Sep 13, 2018 Thread Owner #8 Professor of Engineering said: Cool find! Click to expand... Thank you!