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Valued Member
United States
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Hello I am searching old bags of coins that were in my moms closet for about 40 years. I came across this 1952-D Lincoln Cent with a large area of surface missing from the bottom of the obverse 6 o'clock to 8 o'clock across the bottom of Lincolns jacket. The coin remains round in this section although the reverse in the corresponding area has significant wear/damage but is it possible this is due to the lack of integrity on the obverse? Not sure if this is a true delamination or PMD? If PMD then the edge and round nature were left surprisingly intact. Thanks for your help.        |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Indeed a peeled lamination, congrats. And great photos!
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Valued Member
 United States
90 Posts |
Ty Coinfrog. Super fast reply!! I really appreciate it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
Looks like a damaged coin to me. It is out of round. It has been flatten somewhere along the life, of the coin.
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Valued Member
United States
90 Posts |
I agree that it is not perfectly round. It is close but not perfect. I thought this may be due to weakness in that area to to diminished thickness from a lamination When striking any surface on this side?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
74147 Posts |
Not an a peeled Lamination error. It's Post Strike Damage ( PSD). Errers and Varietys.
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Valued Member
United States
90 Posts |
I appreciate everyone's help with this one. I was struggling as I would have expected more evidence of being out of round and more disruption to the remaining areas with this much surface being peeled off if mechanically manipulated. However, I wasn't sure. May I ask for my own education, other than being very slightly out of round, what other characteristics do you evaluate to discriminate between delamination and PMD in this case? Thanks |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The reverse is telling, which I didn't bother looking at. Duh. The coin is clearly out of round and evidently smashed, my bad.  Coop gets it right as always. Edited by Coinfrog
03/27/2019 8:44 pm
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Valued Member
United States
90 Posts |
Thanks everyone. Back in the bag goes this one....
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
751 Posts |
It appears in your last photo that the lamination was intact. Did you break that piece off ?
Dan
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Valued Member
United States
90 Posts |
No I didn't. The piece was already missing. The last picture was taken looking into the edge of the section that remained.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree with those who call it a damage.Not a mint error.
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Posted 03/27/2019 7:01 pm
