1952 D Odd Die Chip?

[jstraw13]

What do you think? What get's me is the curve, almost looks like the lower of a S mint mark.

[coppercoins]

The title says it all, you were right on. It's just a die chip/break. This happened frequently to 1952D dies. My belief is that the broken and oddly shaped mintmark punch helped to weaken the die and create a stress point that failed on a lot of them.

There tends to be a much higher chance of finding a 1952D cent with a die crack near the date than with 1952 plain or S mint, hence the reason for my opinion.

[jstraw13]

Thank you Charles.