Meows Latest Find LMC Rolls (Planchet Flaw?)

It may be a coin that was struck twice? Flip over strike? Hmmm.....
HMMMM.... but it certainly looks different, and very questionable! I would keep this coin safe if I were you!
I may email this one to Mike Diamond and see what he think about it! If you see him comment on this, definitely listen to him! lol

Thanks for your interest. Meow started collecting a few months ago, and is quite into roll hunting at the moment. There are quite a few coin variations Meow has learned in the past weeks. So far Meow has found 2 1968 D/D and a 1971 s MD.

The coin does not seem warped at all. And the obverse seems normal except for multiple cracks on the rim.

So if you don't know what it is, then the mystery cannot be solved?

When Meow found it, Meow was sure to was a defective planchet or something. Oh well, hopefully someone knows what it is; And its not damage after the fact.

So, Meow asks; Is this a keeper? Or litter box fodder?

Delamination is a flaw in the planchet correct? Meow is thinking the layers of metals is coming apart in a delam? Maybe that is the issue here. Maybe it cracked because the zinc and copper bonding was poor. Nothing all that rare or amazing then here?

If you send it in to Mike Diamond, it will cost you a couple of dollars. Mike will examine it in in hand, and he'll tell you what he thinks. He's a coin expert as well. It's your decision to send it to him or not.

If you look at coppergolds pic of the overlay of the front and back the cracks line up exactly with Abe's hair and even the vertical cracks on the base of the memorial with the back of his head and bridge of his nose. It's almost like when the coin was struck it created a void behind the outline of the bust. When the material pushed out to fill in Abes head on the die, the pressure maybe cracked the planchet in the spots where there was the most force. Maybe the planchet was imperfect. I'm curious what it weighs. It's almost like the planchet was missing some Mass so it didn't fill the dies perfectly and left the cracks in the highest pressure spots. I don't know if I lost everyone but it makes sense in my head.

Oh yes. That does sound very plausible. Meow thinks that was a great deduction Waynoah83. The cracks in the top left of the memorial also would line up to the line of his back. Mystery solved. Thanks all. It felt good for a Cat to drag in something of interest, instead of dead bird distain.