1956 D Lamination?

Hmmm, very interesting, I would guess (and it's only a guess) that lamination and/or die chips would be the answer to this one. what does everyone else think?

Nope...not die chips. It's a lamination peel.

Die chips have nothing to do with the metal on the planchet - they are defects in the die that transfer to the coin.

Lamination is a planchet problem that is not in the die.

I stand corrected. CC - what did you see that convinced you it was lamination instead of die chips? My reasoning was:

1. This was a tiny area of affect and when I had seen lamination effects before, they were over a much larger area. Granted, this is probably stupid logic, but it sounded intelligent at the time in my head.
2. The raised areas are near the edge of the date devices and die chips normally form near the edge of devices.

seattleMD,

1)laminations can be big or small, size has nothing to do with it
2)a lamination is essentially a layer of metal peeling and separating from the planchet- these layers are usually thin and sheetlike. One way of looking at die chips vs. laminations is to think in terms of human skin conditions- a lamination would be similar to a hangnail with the skin peeling up but the underlying surface essentially intact and a die chip would be similar to a scab with an irregular lump rising from the surface.

No apologies needed, better to hear what people are thinking.