The smoking axe.

[BC1969]

It could be a smoking Axe.
Also a crack between that dot and the O.

 

[port ewen ace]

NICE always tell us the Yr & MM of the coin---- if there's one----- there gotta be others

 

[BC1969]

I know, I'm teasing.
I'll post more verbose descriptions tonight.
Too busy and on limited bandwidth at the moment.

 

[huntsman53]

You are correct on the Die Crack between the "E" and "S" of STATES but that is damage from something sharp between the dot and the "O" and is not a Die Crack nor was it on the Die when the coin was struck.