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Can a nickel have a lamination? John1  |
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We could always call it a spiked head... Just joking, of course.
Would love to see this one in-hand.
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07/05/2024 4:31 pm
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John, sure. I assume that just about any alloy can have laminations. The 75% copper, 25% nickel alloy used for nickels has numerous examples of lamination errors. Lams are much more common (and large!) on Buffalo nickels, but I have standard cupronickel Jefferson five cent coins with laminations in my collection. Lest I inadvertently take too much credit here: the seller had it clearly identified as a lamination mint error with excellent photographs. I was just a collector who paid the asking price because I thought it was a neat coin. |
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First time I've seen it on a proof though. Same. Although in my case that's not saying much—you've been playing the coin collecting game much longer than me. Prior to buying, I searched Google for proof nickel lamination examples. I didn't find any, but I have learned that for whatever reason, Google is not particularly proficient at finding individual coin certs on any major grading site. That goes triple for mint errors. |
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Interesting find!  |
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Thanks for the links, interesting.
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Thank you all for the info.I knew about the War Nickels having lams but was not sure about the regular nickels. John1 |
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very nice find Brand - This is also a new one for me (a lam on a proof).
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Quote:I knew about the War Nickels having lams but was not sure about the regular nickels. John1 I have not seen many outside the War Nickels. I feel that where this was uncharted territory in silver percentages, they had more problems with the war nicks. The other direction though, with 90% silver did not seem to have as many issues. I know nothing about metallurgy, maybe someone that does can chime in about this. -makecents-
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Pretty cool find! It's the first time I've seen a Lamination on a proof nickel. Errers and Varietys.
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Very nice. |
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Excellent find - first lam I've seen on a proof nickel also!
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I did some research on Heritage Auctions last night. There is one proof cent sold with a lamination error, in the Error category. There were some proof nickels and quarters sold in their respective categories with a tiny lamination noted in the description. They were impossible to see on the low resolution photos of the entire coin.
It's hard to get a feel for whether small laminations are considered minor and irrelevant flaws on proof coins, or whether they just don't happen that often.
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