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 Posted 06/20/2010  12:43 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add leprecoin to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I wonder whats the right terminology for this error, and if desired by collectors at all...
yup, am still tripping with the loop/camera combo ;)

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 Posted 06/20/2010  1:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add turtleoverhead to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The right terminology is:
"Someone hit the coin with the hammer"
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 Posted 06/20/2010  2:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add leprecoin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Haha, it looks like a leaf of the metal got separated, and raised from the rest of the surface...
I just assume caused by inconsistent of the material of the planchet
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 Posted 06/20/2010  2:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add leprecoin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Here's another example of similar error/problem

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 Posted 06/20/2010  3:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Eurocoin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That's a good question. I have exactly the same error in one Cuban coin (tourist coinage) from 1980's.
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 Posted 06/20/2010  11:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add swamperbob to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I would call them - delaminations.

A defect in the planchet can result in a flake of metal separating from the surface of a struck coin. I have even seen coins split entirely into two sections across the center. The defect can be a spot of grease or dirt trapped within the metal. It can also be caused by a metal impurity which lacks strength.

The cause of the delamination is often post strike damage (pressure or it "got hit by a hammer"). That looks like the cause of the delamination in the case of the Arabic script. It looks as if something made direct contact with the coin dislodging a piece of the surface.

The second delamination looks a bit more spontaneous.

In either case, most people see small delaminations as "damage".
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