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alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 03/27/2011 10:10 am The hole looks almost like metal fatigue. Some kind of lamination going on there? Thanks, Bob Report this Post to the Staff

ikandiggit Pillar of the Community Canada 1166 Posts	Posted 03/30/2011 5:08 pm Without seeing it in-hand, I would guess a faulty planchet. Report this Post to the Staff
molydeii Pillar of the Community Turkey 870 Posts	Posted 04/03/2011 09:32 am Bob, it doesn't look like an "artifical" hole to me, yet never seen a faulty planchet like that before. Closest I can think is a huge lamination error. Report this Post to the Staff
eddiespin Pillar of the Community United States 1547 Posts	Posted 04/03/2011 09:48 am That's a lamination adjacent to the hole on the obverse. IMO, the pictures are too fuzzy to tell whether the hole is connected to that event. Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 04/03/2011 10:15 am Let's try a different scan: Report this Post to the Staff
eddiespin Pillar of the Community United States 1547 Posts	Posted 04/03/2011 10:43 am One plausible explanation might be that sharp outline on the reverse side is suggestive the coin was pierced from that side and manifested irregularly through the laminated side. That, of course, would make it PMD, cutting through a lamination. Report this Post to the Staff
colosfj Valued Member United States 90 Posts	Posted 04/11/2011 03:10 am From the pictures it looks like a strange planchet lamination. if it was pierced PMD it would have deformed the area around the hole. The strike looks normal right up till it disappears at the hole. It appears to be in very nice condition to. Report this Post to the Staff
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