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Valued Member
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Hi all Could someone post a few picks of lamination errors. I looked these up but the site I use only showed 2 pics. I'm not sure if these carry any premiums, but I keep finding damaged coins and not really sure how to determine of they are post mint damage or lamination error.Some look as if a very thin layer might be missing, others have deep damage that look as if the coin is rusting/rotting away. Here are a couple pics of ones I found tonight, the first one did not come out well in the pic, but I cleaned it of with a rags and soap and could not remove it, might just be scuffing of some sort?    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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neither of those look like laminations to me but the first one may be one. here's what they look like    |
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Pillar of the Community
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Those are some pretty serious laminations Adam posted. They are not always so pronounced.
Be careful what you take a soap and rag to before you know what it is! If it had turned out to be something worth keeping, it might not have been anymore.
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Valued Member
 United States
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any suggestions on how to clean one up in case I am not sure? I've read that you should never clean a coin but I thought something as mild as soap would be ok. this is totally off topic, but I am having trouble seeing some letters and mints due to a dark buildup around and inside some of the letters as well. I was going to try to soak some in dawn dish soap to break it up, but will hold off till I hear how you guys deal with these situations when roll searching for doubled dies and such. thanks for the pics Adam, any milder lamination's in your collection or should I even bother with anything but those as pronounce as yours?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'll let the pros address the conservation and preservation techniques. But, soap have mild abrasives in them that will scratch the surface of the coin.
The most I would suggest is soaking the coin in acetone and rinsing with distilled water. No rubbing!
BadThad has a product that will attack, isolate and contain verdigris, but again, I'll leave the rest of the suggestions to the pros.
If you do a search of the forum for lamination, you'll find many more examples of what you and I might find in circulation. That's not to say you wouldn't find one like Adam has posted, but if you do, it's definitely a keeper!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The first one is a stain above LIBERTY. The second one the plating has been split and is now deteriorating. No hope for this one. The stain will be permanent unless you ruin the coin dipping it in acid. Both not worth the time to fix them. Keep the full BU no stains and spend the rest.
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Pillar of the Community
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BTW, the coins are not mine, I pulled them off the Internet, I should have said that, LOL
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Adam, nice lams! Only about 1% of laminations are interesting enough to add value to a coin IMHO, and you just posted 3 of them.
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Edited by Drsandman2
01/29/2011 10:28 am
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Posted 01/27/2011 10:51 pm
