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 Posted 04/10/2015  06:54 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add razorear to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Bought this from a forum member a few years back and have always wondered if it has had help in its appearance. There are a couple digs on both obv. & rev. that seem to be where maybe pliers have gripped it. What do you think, natural or altered?

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 Posted 04/10/2015  07:10 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It may well have been prized apart, but it is nevertheless a gross blank lamination error.

These things happen when there is some sort of inclusion in the strip that is rolled to specification thickenss, prior to blanking. In this case, the inclusion would be of a liquid nature (oil?), that would have been spread out within the thickness of the strip.

Occasionally these coins can fall into lamination parts, but more often can be prized apart, as seen here.

The Royal Australian Mint had a minor, but recurring problem with lamination errors during the late 1960's, where coins could completely fall apart into two thickness lamination halves.
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 Posted 04/10/2015  09:05 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BlueSolo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If it's legit, it looks pretty sweet! I like how it has a first layer, first layer removed and second layer removed look
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I don't see the dings as being caused by "helping" it delaminate - I'd think you would want to hold the coin from the side for that. Further, the dings have the same finish, so it wouldn't be possible to conclude for sure what caused them.

Man, this is the second time in two posts I've used the word "spectacular."
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Looks like a split planchet after strike. A very nice error.
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Thanks all, no thought about it being a split planchet,hmm.
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That's about the only thing which will take off 90% of a coin's face.

I think it actually circulated after delaminating.
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