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1990 Loonie...what's Wrong With It?

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Title is pretty much self explainatory. Pocket change find, caught my eye right away.



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None of the marks go through the rim. There also is no transfer from a double strike. Weird one. Nice picture by the way.
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It sure looks like a lamination error but weird. Heavily circulated. Interesting find. It looks like the de-lamination happened before striking.this is just speculation as I am not an expert.

Are the ridges as 3D as they look? Can you feel them when you run your fingers across?
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Yes I can feel the ridges, although the difference is rather small. I'd say about 0.25mm. First thought the coin was simply dirty, like coins stuck together in a car change holder with coffee dripped on them, due to the round shape of one of the lines.
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Loon dollars are plated coins... this could be a plating or lamination error?
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