Maybe I'm just Seeing Things

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gettingbrowned Valued Member United States 259 Posts	Posted 07/28/2008 04:59 am but it seems like part of this coin is starting to peel away. is this pre or post mint damage? http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/...ins015-1.jpg http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/...coins025.jpg Report this Post to the Staff

Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 07/28/2008 05:20 am G'day, I can't see the fault you describe, but there is a species of error called a "lamination flaw", which is the result of using a flawed planchet. A metallurgist might explain better than I how that comes about. Peter Report this Post to the Staff
gettingbrowned Valued Member United States 259 Posts	Posted 07/28/2008 05:25 am it's just to the the left of the H in Elizabeth.. it doesn't look quite the same as in person as it does in the picture. Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 07/28/2008 4:42 pm I see streaking throughout the coin, so it might be as Peter says--a planchet defect. From what I've heard, these are due to bubbles or impurities in the ingot, which are spread out into the layers when the ingot is rolled into planchet stock. Report this Post to the Staff
snowman Pillar of the Community United States 1840 Posts	Posted 07/28/2008 5:12 pm Here's a scan of one of my British coins with a lamination error: A close-up of the area in front of the horse's front, bent leg: The metal looks like it was peeled back on the surface, exposing a grainy underpart of the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 08/01/2008 07:22 am What the? Are they worth much? + are those apparent cracks in the planchet part of the evidence it was a lamination error? Report this Post to the Staff
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