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2005 California State Qtr Lamination Disaster

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 Posted 05/24/2026  02:23 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add JustRandomCoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers

My best Lamination error I've found so far

Or should I be calling it a part missing clad?

Also do you think the eye thing is PMD?



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 Posted 05/24/2026  07:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JimmyD to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Certainly not a lamination. Looks more like a stain of some sort.
The eye looks like it has some gunk in it.
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 Posted 05/24/2026  07:38 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Keith67 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Have you tried acetone yet?
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I agree with JD, just a spender.
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Just seeing a stain Just a damaged coin. No errors. Worth 25 cents.
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I don't see this as a lamination. I think it's some form of staining.
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Thank you for your inputs, appreciated it and guided to me a conclusion. I have acetone bathed it for a day so it's not a glue or anything similar. What was throwing me was the cracks complimenting the damage, however laminate errors are in straight lines and a clad layer error would make it weigh less.

My conclusion is this coin suffers from post-mint environmental acid corrosion that has deeply eaten into the copper-nickel alloy, leaving behind green verdigris crust and corrosion, revealing the under-surface alloy, which has induced stress corrosion cracking (SCC). All of which is PMD.

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