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1812 Half Dollar Question

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 Posted 12/29/2018  4:01 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add young_collector to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I received this 1812 half dollar from my grandfather. Not quite sure what the thing is at the top. I'm thinking its a planchet flaw but I'd like a second opinion. Thanks everyone!

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 Posted 12/29/2018  7:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm no expert in this area, but it looks like PMD to me.



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I don't thing it's PMD. It almost looks like some type of planchet or lamination anomaly. Can you give us some closer and different light/angles of that area on top of her head?
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Sure. Heres some more angles of it. To me it really looks like a strange planchet flaw or something. Hard to tell though. It does go through the coin also. Evident on the side.

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 Posted 12/30/2018  12:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jimbucks to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks PMD to me. Too bad.
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To me, the reverse looks like a planchet flaw. The obverse looks like the same flaw with a lamination that got pushed away from the coin. You can see the "divit" where the lamination got pushed out/off the coin. I'm not sure if that would be enough to be considered damage though. JMHO
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I'm in the planchet flaw camp.
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Don't pick at it. Is that piece of metal on top of her head look like it's lifting/protruding "up" from the rest of the coin?

Someone needs to call doctor coop! Calling doctor coop, Calling doctor coop.....STAT! STAT!
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I'm wavering.
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My vote is for planchet flaw - I just don't see how the entire defect can be explained by any sort of PMD
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The part on the top of her head is not lifting up. It's not raised from the coin either. That's why I didn't think it was a lamination. Also, thanks for replies everyone! Appreciate it
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A lamination doesn't have to lift off the coin. Its just a separation in the metal that looks like a split. On your's, it looks like the separation got pushed to the left causing the raised vertical portion. Here's a lamination on one of my Bust Halves that's fully retained in the coin....
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I vote yes for planchet flaw and no for lamination.
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The OP coin is a cracked planchet.
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