1949-S Lincoln Wheat Cent / LWC Strike Through? Planchet Void? Or What?

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Pete2226 Pillar of the Community United States 3331 Posts	Posted 04/07/2016 4:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff

11997755 Pillar of the Community United States 2253 Posts	Posted 04/07/2016 5:42 pm I'll take a wild guess and say post strike lamination. Looks like some ghosting of the top of the "W". Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 04/07/2016 6:17 pm Looks like some sort of surface gunk beneath "UNUM" to me - like glue, perhaps. I don't think it's a lamination. Report this Post to the Staff
andywoj00 Valued Member United States 441 Posts	Posted 04/07/2016 6:36 pm Had something similar on an LWC. Scraped it off with my fingernail. Report this Post to the Staff
Pete2226 Pillar of the Community United States 3331 Posts	Posted 04/07/2016 6:57 pm This is a deep hole in the coin - almost 1/2 the width of the coin! Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/07/2016 7:56 pm Is there anything going on with the other side? Looks like a struck through debris. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Pete2226 Pillar of the Community United States 3331 Posts	Posted 04/07/2016 8:08 pm Quote: Is there anything going on with the other side? Looks like a struck through debris. My 2nd photo is of the other side of this feature. I see nothing unusual. The reason I am confused about whether it is struck through or a planchet void is that a small part of the M seems to fall into the "hole". I do not know how to interpret that. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/07/2016 8:22 pm Looks like a struck through debris. The ghosting is just the edge of the device that the debris struck next to. Report this Post to the Staff
Pete2226 Pillar of the Community United States 3331 Posts	Posted 04/07/2016 8:25 pm Thanks, everyone. I do not see what is being referred to as ghosting, though? Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/07/2016 8:30 pm The front leg of the 'M' on UNUM. When a coin laminates it can leave a bit of ghosting where the lamination peeled. On this coin it is just where the edge of the design is falling away from the struck through. Another though on laminations, they are usually in a straight line. This is irregular and appears rounded at the bottom. Thus I feel it is a struck through. No evidence on the obverse tells me it happened during the strike. Report this Post to the Staff
Pete2226 Pillar of the Community United States 3331 Posts	Posted 04/07/2016 8:43 pm Thank you, coop! Report this Post to the Staff
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1949-S LWC Strike Through? Planchet Void? Or What?