1977 BU Cent Lamination Or Die Crack?

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KoolKat Valued Member Canada 210 Posts	Posted 07/30/2016 9:48 pm I would like some help here, please. I really don`t know if this is a damaged die, or die crack, or a lamination Error,running vertically, through the one in the date! Also, the reverse has a matte, finish, while the obverse seems to have a mirror finish,yet, I don`t think this is a NC, because it doesn't have the sharp edges. please excuse the fast pics! an experienced opinion, would help lots! Thanks! Edited by KoolKat 07/30/2016 10:04 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Canacoins Pillar of the Community Canada 955 Posts	Posted 07/31/2016 02:00 am From your pic's the coin's finish seems to be as it should be. The "crack" could be the start of a lamination issue http://www.numicanada.com/medias/pi...rse-1977.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
lambecolin Pillar of the Community Canada 618 Posts	Posted 08/10/2016 12:59 am I would say a planchet flaw because it was there before mint strike. But it is odd that the strike did not act as it should on the 1 --- I would have expected the strike to flatten the flaw out of existence.Strange.I have not seen any error like that before---maybe a weak strike. Report this Post to the Staff
lambecolin Pillar of the Community Canada 618 Posts	Posted 08/10/2016 01:03 am Ahhhh-------Could be a damaged die of course----there should be others out there. Report this Post to the Staff
ace_ftw Pillar of the Community Canada 1747 Posts	Posted 08/10/2016 11:24 am I would tend to agree it is odd that the damage persisted onto the face of the one, so you might have an odd error. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10464 Posts	Posted 08/10/2016 8:06 pm Struck on a flawed planchet. Lamination occurs only when the metal separates from the struck coin. For reference, die cracks are quite sharp and distinctive. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
KoolKat Valued Member Canada 210 Posts	Posted 08/10/2016 10:57 pm Thank you SPP Ottawa,AceFtw, lambicolin and Canacoins, for all your expert opinions, I had it as a lamination, but didn`t understand why the raised area on the devise was still there, thinking as well this would be crushed in the striking process. I`m obviously wrong, it is as SPP Ottawa stated! Thanks guys! Report this Post to the Staff
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