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PlatinumDuck Valued Member United States 134 Posts	Posted 12/03/2011 12:30 am Back in 2008 I purchased a Specimen set with the Eider dollar. This is the coin I received: Have any of you ever seen or heard of other errors like this on the specimen Dollar coins? I don't know what this type of error is called, but besides the missing metal area near the duck, just above the second "A" in Canada seems to be a line extending from the rim down into the field. In hand, it looks like what I thin is called a strike through? Haha. Sorry if I have the terms wrong, but I do not have a lot of knowledge when it comes to errors. The photo isn't the best, but it shows what I wanted to convey. I thought it was kind of neat, so just thought I would share. If any of you have more insight I would love to hear it! Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

canadian_coins Pillar of the Community United States 2408 Posts	Posted 12/03/2011 02:03 am Hello PlatinumDuck This is called lamination. Fairly common, but fascinating. Look it up on the web. Report this Post to the Staff
PlatinumDuck Valued Member United States 134 Posts	Posted 12/03/2011 02:09 am Simple enough. Thank you canadian_coins! I appreciate it! Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 12/03/2011 06:40 am Looks like a struck through foreign object to me. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Scissel Pillar of the Community Canada 693 Posts	Posted 12/03/2011 10:44 am This looks like a strike-through error. Nice find - pretty uncommon on Specimen coins. I think they are supposed to be inspected... ~ JFK ~ Report this Post to the Staff
canadian_coins Pillar of the Community United States 2408 Posts	Posted 12/03/2011 12:00 pm Looking closer at it, yes I agree this is more likely a struck through foreign object. And actually, this coin is nickel electroplated with bronze, so if that was lamination we'd see nickel. Report this Post to the Staff
littlemoney Pillar of the Community Canada 902 Posts	Posted 12/03/2011 12:40 pm That the mint would put something like that in a Specimen set. Poor quality control again. Report this Post to the Staff
PlatinumDuck Valued Member United States 134 Posts	Posted 12/03/2011 4:41 pm Either way sounds great to me! And littlemoney, I agree. This is pretty poor control if something like this gets out. Report this Post to the Staff
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