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1958 Lincoln Penny With Craters

 
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 Posted 12/01/2022  09:28 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Bill Kerr to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Guys this coin has craters and also areas that look to have flakes possibly from the craters, can you tell what has taken place on this coin? Thanks.







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 Posted 12/01/2022  09:34 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like multiple laminations. Very cool!
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 Posted 12/01/2022  09:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Yokozuna to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Interesting! The alloy used wasn't mixed properly so the surface has areas that have lifted and separated on the coin. As Coinfrog noted, these are called laminations.

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 Posted 12/01/2022  10:18 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JimmyD to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice find, you don't usually see multiple lams on one side.
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 Posted 12/01/2022  10:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Would that be a lamination or a de-lamination?
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 Posted 12/01/2022  10:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Petespockets55 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It is possible to have a stuck through on a coin with laminations.
It looks to have some retained laminations in your last two images.
The weight would be nice to know to possibly rule out the indentations being struck through.
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 Posted 12/01/2022  11:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JTCC to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Multiple obverse de-lamination issues...
fun find.
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 Posted 12/01/2022  11:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Excellent example!
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 Posted 12/01/2022  12:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bill Kerr to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Guys it weighs 2.9 grams.
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 Posted 12/01/2022  3:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Cujohn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I find a lot of these in early 60s bags. As Yoko stated above, improper mix. I call it slag. During the mixing process some areas of copper cool down faster than the rest and don't mix together with the rest of the copper. I've found a few that all of the obverse or reverse is slag.
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