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Split plating ?
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Could I see the reverse and the edge of the coin ,focus on the area where the "split" starts and ends.
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Pillar of the Community
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Edited by Sudz
09/24/2013 9:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I was thinking "struck through split plating" but I will say it's just a split in the plating.
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DrDon, I am not familiar with that error. I am guessing it is somewhat common and no big deal, then?
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Bedrock of the Community
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George: Is the area above LIB that show peeling; is it copper under that area? Or is zinc showing in that area? If it is copper, I'm thinking a struck though debris. If it is zinc (which I don't think it is) It may be something else. What I'm not sure, but I thinking it a plated planchet with a piece of copper plating struck onto your coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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I couldn't tell you what it is for certain. Interesting coin. To me it seems to be similar to a deflated gas bubble, except on a larger scale.
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Pillar of the Community
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If you look at the "R" in LIBERTY, it looks like the planchet had the issue before it was struck. Looks like it originated on the planchet and the Mint gave its "stamp of approval".
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm pretty sure I have a Zincoln Lamination. I will take pictures of it and post it on a separate thread later.
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Pillar of the Community
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DrDon, I am not familiar with that error Quote:
a plated planchet with a piece of copper plating struck onto your coin. coop: Thanks for answering for me. |
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Thanks everybody for your help! Here is a pic of the inside of the separated area. As DrDon and Coop surmised, it seems to be copper underneath indicating that it is a strike through copper plating error. You can see verdigris forming down inside. I wonder if there is a market for this kind of error? Any ideas?  |
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Cool one, Sudz! It has character for sure.
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Nice find..looks like a planchet flaw...nice one
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Looks like a crack in the copper plating.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks for the extra image. But now I'm seeing what Mike mentioned. I see split plating above LIBERTY. Maybe someone intentionally scratched the coin with a razor blade and carefully avoided the letters in LIBERTY. The lower cut looks like they made a mark on the coin, but not enough to split the plating. What people do to coins to make it look like a mint error. That thought was in the back of my head when I was looking at the first images. But it is the answer to this question though. PDS
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