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Pillar of the Community
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How common is a Lamination peel on an Indian Head? What causes the peel to occur?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Laminations are fairly common on IHCs and early wheaties and it is caused by an internal flaw/impurity in the alloy.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i would say that it depends on the date. what date are we talking about and how big is it?
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Pillar of the Community
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here is my biggest lamination on an indian.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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1436 Posts |
It's an 1887. Runs from about 3:00-6:00 on the reverse. Goes along the bottom side of the wreath and over the middle & bottom arrowheads. The lamination on the arrowhead itself is doubled- back over itself. The remainder is of the peel is best seen when the coin is held flat, looking almost from the side/edge of the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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anyway to post a picture?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Robbudo--yours is really dramatic! I especially like how it goes through the date.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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 First time posting pics... we'll see how this goes |
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Pillar of the Community
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rubbudo, what file do you save your pictures in to get them so big? Tried in jpeg and this equaled the 100k size
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Pillar of the Community
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Right under 'Upload Image', click on 'Free Image Optimizer'. No clue how it works, but it produces pictures like the one I uploaded!
I don't see a lamination on your coin, rather some die cracks and/or retained die breaks.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks, I'll try that next time. As I said, unless you view the coin from the side and under magnification, you can't see it
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Posted 08/03/2012 5:39 pm
