War Nickel Die Crack?

[Quin]

I did a box of nickels today and came out with some pretty cool stuff. First off, I got 2 2009-Ds and a couple of 1939s. I also got my first 1939-s which is a key date (6.6 million made)!


What may possibly be the best find is this 1943-p war nickel that I found within the first ten rolls. I don't know too much about die cracks, but the wear on this war nickel doesn't look post-production to me. Take a look...


Is this a die crack or just a big scrape? Let me know what you think!

 

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[port ewen ace]

die crack is raised metal. looks like PMD scratch. still, you are getting some good stuff. check my post on the 75-D Jeff

 

[Quin]

die crack is raised metal. looks like PMD scratch. still, you are getting some good stuff. check my post on the 75-D Jeff

I saw your post, that's where I got inspired to start looking for these things! So I read about laminations and found that they are somewhat common in the war nickels. What does PMD stand for?

 

[Dozer D]

I venture to say that the 2009 nickels are much harder to find than are the 2009 dimes & cents. Keep finding the nickels, I'll continue pulling the dimes. Nice finds all around.

 

[Vdubguy]

I saw your post, that's where I got inspired to start looking for these things! So I read about laminations and found that they are somewhat common in the war nickels. What does PMD stand for?

PMD - Post Mint Damage