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This coin is well worn. It weighs 2.77 grams. The coin is definitely cracked. The question is, is it an error with the planchet, too old & circulated to know for sure, or PMD? Ideas welcomed.
The area below the bust looks like damage but on the opposing area on the rev it looks like it opened up a defect that was already in the planchet. That hard use or damage caused it to open up, the rim shows displacement where it's cracked.
Since the edge shows the planchet crack extending through the coin from one face to the other, I would agree that the most appropriate diagnosis is "cracked planchet". It's a somewhat peculiar example.
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