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United States
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Kennedy half dollar, 1974 missing layer chip.    Does it have value? I have several halves 1976 with missing letters and/or stars in "INDEPENDENCE HALL". Thanks in advance, Webekin
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Rest in Peace
United States
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You may have a lamination or a struck through. But I need photos upright and with backgrounds removed. Showing us both sides of the coin only will help us provide an honest opinion.  Edited by moxking
09/12/2019 2:57 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Probably a Lamination. Awesome error coin!
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It looks very promising to be a Lamination. can we see a clear close up of the area in question plus an image of the reverse?
Edited by Chase007
09/12/2019 7:46 pm
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Posting the weight of this coin could be useful too. Thx!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Lamination ? come on guys,if so, where's the copper.? That's a struck through error....
Webekin, we need the weight
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You can have a lamination that doesn't go all the way through the clad layer. I do agree though that it looks more like a strikethrough.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Struck through a piece of lamination? Might be Pareidolia messing with me again but it looks like the base of an extra Y (LIBERTY) raised in relief pointing at the 9 of the date. The bottom/underside of a lamination can have incuse elements that, if part of a "struck through", could produce a raised area. Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
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Bedrock of the Community
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If the weight is normal, I would agree with a struck through debris/lamination.
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Pillar of the Community
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Lamination ? come on guys,if so, where's the copper.? That's a struck through error....
Would the devices be still visible if it was struck through debris? Lamination don't always expose the copper.I guess the weight will help. Below is a perfect example of a Lam I sold recently, no Copper is exposed!  Edited by Chase007
09/13/2019 12:59 pm
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Valued Member
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My scales are Postal scales, Weight,.02LBS, or 10g or .010kg or 0.0.3 lbs:oz    There is for sure missing material in the defect area. The red is refection of my shirt. Hope these weights make sense. Webekin Edited by Webekin
09/13/2019 3:31 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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big difference from the actual weight for these coins at 11.34g
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Pillar of the Community
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007 a61 is not clad. A postage scale is not fine enough to weigh coins.
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Below is a perfect example of a Lam I sold recently, no Copper is exposed! With all due respect, an 1961 quarter would have been 90% silver, which means that it doesn't have any copper to expose (that isn't mixed into the alloy, at least). ...And I see that Cujohn had already pointed that out. |
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"big difference from the actual weight for these coins at 11.34g"
Ok used my reloading scales, weight in grains = 172.1 converted to grams = 11.151892, or near .19 grams short.
Webekin
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Keep in mind + or - mint tolerances, I'm holding to "struck through"
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