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Found this in a blue Whitman folding album just now. It's not really that amazing of a lamination error, but between that and the overall condition of the coin I found it rather amazing that it was in one of those albums. Usually don't find nice early dates, just junk. 1913 Lincoln Wheat cent mint error - lamination issues   |
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Yes, not a common find in your average Whitman folder.
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Nice find!  |
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Hey Bats, its been awhile for me here on the forum. Hope all is well. Nice looking coin for it's age but, of course your pics are always fantastic. I am just getting back into my coin hobby. My first thought when I opened your post was a possible struck through on the obverse. I sure do look forward to getting back into coin searching and learning, learning, learning.  |
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Thanks all, and great to have you back CCents. With these lamination errors, there is always a chance that some bit of flakiness gets struck through along the way, but in this case I think it's all just some lam cracks and a couple chunks that fell off. Note the angle of the missing chunk on the reverse matches the angle of the lamination issues on the obverse, so it's all likely related to the metal grain and not struck through.
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Nice older lam through the center.
Do you think the weakness on the obverse rim at the missing metal location could be an indication that it was missing during the strike?
(Limiting metal to flow into the rim gutter.)
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TB , do you think there is a possibility that there was some metal loss before the strike . It's interesting how the rim might have filled in from both sides over a void.
PS beaten to the punch!
Edited by stoneman227
04/24/2023 9:53 pm
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The coin really looks like a lamination before the strike, but the complete lack of distortion on the W makes me question that assumption. And the doubling visible above the D is Machine Doubling, just to head off that question   |
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Nice looking coin. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Looking at the new pic . It reminds me of this 44-d that has a rolled in inclusion.  On this 1913 , it could have had a rolled in foriegn material that caused the lamination and a chunk of it was still preasnt during the strike,but is now gone. |
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Glad to know others were seeing the same thing.
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04/25/2023 2:42 pm
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