Posted 04/22/2012 8:58 pm
Well hello Nancy, I think that it is listed as a lamination error, the only error I see is the seller thinking it is an lamination. Lamination happens quite often on War Nickels and I suppose it happens on all sorts of coinage.
I think it has to do with the planchet when it is struck, it may be a defective blank with impurities and the pressure from the strike makes it separate or flake off on the surface and leaves a lifted crack or portion cracks off.
From the glossary here on CCF
lamination
A thin piece of metal that has nearly become detached from the surface of a coin. If this breaks off, an irregular hole or planchet flaw is left.
This looks like a damaged coin and not an error to me.
I think it has to do with the planchet when it is struck, it may be a defective blank with impurities and the pressure from the strike makes it separate or flake off on the surface and leaves a lifted crack or portion cracks off.
From the glossary here on CCF
lamination
A thin piece of metal that has nearly become detached from the surface of a coin. If this breaks off, an irregular hole or planchet flaw is left.
This looks like a damaged coin and not an error to me.
