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tcekolin Valued Member United States 69 Posts	Posted 06/02/2007 5:36 pm Hi All, Found you guys about a week ago and I have been reading some very informative postings! I found this 1944 Wheat penny in a roll and it looked pretty interesting, but I can't figure out just what happened to it. Any ideas? Forgive the poor scan of the coin, but I hope that it illustrates the problems well enough. The reverse looks just fine. Report this Post to the Staff

Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 06/02/2007 6:50 pm I'd say its a pretty big lamination error there Report this Post to the Staff
scoutjim99 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 06/02/2007 7:34 pm I see the lamination peel as well, but I believe and I am no expert that the planchet was faulty at the get go, also looks like it was a struck through ( grease) around the final 4 in the date. it also looks like a tooling mark or gouge removed a hunk of metal parallel to the 1944 date on the left hand side. I am sure coppercoins, metalman, or errorcoins might know Report this Post to the Staff
triggersmob Pillar of the Community Australia 9550 Posts	Posted 06/02/2007 9:10 pm Interesting coin, Tcekolin. Welcome to the Coin Community. Steve Report this Post to the Staff
tcekolin Valued Member United States 69 Posts	Posted 06/02/2007 10:29 pm Thanks for the welcome. The last digit in the date is just worn, not grease. In the scan, it looks like there is a ghost of a digit or something to the right of the last digit, but it is really a nick in the coin. I had thought it was a lamination error, but I am very new to this whole error coin stuff and in fact new to coins in general, but I have really gotten pulled in by them quite a bit. - Tony Report this Post to the Staff
tcekolin Valued Member United States 69 Posts	Posted 06/02/2007 10:33 pm One more thing about it - there is a faint image of something between god and we at the top. It looks like a faint O or D but I can't tell which. Report this Post to the Staff
thingee Pillar of the Community United States 2177 Posts	Posted 06/02/2007 10:35 pm Welcome to the forum tcekolin!! Cool and interesting looking coin you've got there. Sounds like off to a good start into this hobby. Enjoy! Report this Post to the Staff
garylcsr Pillar of the Community United States 1952 Posts	Posted 06/02/2007 11:24 pm it's lamination peel. and welcome to the forum Gary Report this Post to the Staff
BRUCE 1947 Pillar of the Community United States 834 Posts	Posted 06/03/2007 6:46 pm Hi Tcekolin. And welcome to our forum, and your fellow members have given you the answer nice find. Bruce. Report this Post to the Staff
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