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1930-S Buffalo Nickel Post Mint Damage Or?

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 Posted 10/08/2022  5:02 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Caddis to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi everyone. The obverse of this coin has some significant damage to it and I'm wanting to know whether this is post mint damage or could it be something else? Thank you.

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 Posted 10/08/2022  5:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Can you give us a close-up of this area, please?
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 Posted 10/08/2022  5:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Caddis to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Ok. Hope this helps?


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 Posted 10/08/2022  5:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Cujohn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice lamination.
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Yes a lamination error. Impurities in the planchet cause the surface to peel away from itself.
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Agree, lamination issue. Some love 'em, others not so much.
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 Posted 10/08/2022  6:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Caddis to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you.
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 Posted 10/09/2022  04:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Please crop photos a bit better before posting...thanks.
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