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I found this in a roll and chalked it up to PMD. After looking again it looks like there may be something going on. It looks like it was chisseled , but if that were the case I would assume that the rim would have been removed as well. Also on the reverse the rim resembles a clipped planchet. Any input would be appreciated.   Edited by middross
06/20/2015 01:27 am
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Lamination of the planchet, prior to the strike.
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Denticles squashed on the obverse----causing blunt trauma on the rim both sides---popping out a lamination flake on the reverse? This is too complicated an explanation for a mint process error so I feel it is PMD. |
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It's a mint error, I agree with SPP that it's a pre-strike lamination. What I don't really understand is how there is a rim on the reverse but not the obverse.
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lamination and strangeness of strike caused by blakesley type effects.
Edited by Zonad
06/20/2015 08:55 am
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It looks legit to me also and as a possible explanation for there being no rim on the the obverse could it not be because it had lost the lamination when it was still a type one planchet now when it enters the upset machine there's insufficient medal in this section. The field inside the missing section does not look machined out and resembles what a strike with insufficient medal would appear. IMO
Cheers, Bill
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Thanks for all of the replies. I wrote this late last night and now realize that I said it was a 1972 when it is in fact a 1976. And I also referred to the observe as the reverse.
Again, thanks for you input. I'm glad that I decided not to toss it in the bag to go back to the bank. I picked.up $80 worth from a local bank and have found a ton of keepers.....mostly wheat pennies to fill holes in my collection, but a few nice Canadian coins as.well.
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It should also be slightly underweight, and definitely not one to toss in the bag for the bank. I often buy and sell errors like that, and depending on the grade of the coin, can be worth roughly $5 to $10.
Nice catch!
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Nice looking coin, I have similar ones.
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Nice lamination. Some of my favorites to find.
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