Jefferson War Nickel w/ die crack

[CarlWohlforth]

I guess I need to come up with a catchy name. Maybe lightening head or something This coin also has evidence of two smaller die cracks on Monticello.

 

[Bruceswar]

i could give you a name for it .. but I don't think it would be appropriate...

[Wihlborg]

Carl,

 

I say call it the cracked skull.

 

John

 

[Wihlborg]

By the way, it looks like a nice, as well as interesting coin.

 

John

 

[RobertB]

You should call him skull fracture.

[LEAKYCOIN]

Carl,

Are you sure it is a die crack and not a cracked planchet? Either case it is neat.

 

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[EZ_E]

Actually, it should be called a:

 

non-displaced, complete, transverse fracture involving bilateral parietal bones.

 

 

[CarlWohlforth]

Are you sure it is a die crack and not a cracked planchet?

 

No, I'm not sure. The only cracked planchets I know about are the very early coins where the crack goes all the way through the planchet. I just assumed this was evidence of a die crack.

 

There are also two little ones on the reverse. They are in a different place than the one on the obverse.

 

This is a gem coin to boot and graded out at 66.

[jtwax-migration]

That's a nice die crack however quite common on the head of Jefferson in the war era. I guess it would be similar to a Lincoln "Cracked Skull".

 

Regards,

[RobertB]

Actually, it should be called a:

 

non-displaced, complete, transverse fracture involving bilateral parietal bones.

 

 

 

Ok Doctor....for use lay persons it's a skull fracture