Posted 08/21/2018 3:01 pm
Yes - the damage at the date is a lamination error - where the flan has split off a sliver of metal before minting. Interesting to some collectors but not mega valuable.
The variety is Dies 7+G - obverse 7 identified by the fourth leaf in the third bunch of leaves down on the wreath, reverse G by the small door at the base of the lighthouse on the right. There is no LCW on reverse G.
I don't see the "A" to the left of the lighthouse and it would be extraordinary if there was as the Die Letters are only recorded for 1862 coins. The rocks to the left of the lighthouse seem to vary considerably and even disappear altogether on this date, so I suspect it is just an anomaly in the rocks.
Value is not great - 7+G is the commonest die combination and the condition is not great. The premium for the lamination is entirely unpredictable!
