1999 Major Struck Through. Opinion Mike Diamond Please.

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cladhunter13 Pillar of the Community Canada 1161 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 3:21 pm Here is a cool (at least to me) Major Struck Through (Consensus of CCF forum members)? Looking for any comments as to what exactly this would be labeled as. The coin is a 1999 LMC. Thanks in advance for any comments. Edited by cladhunter13 04/05/2011 12:06 am Report this Post to the Staff

Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 3:36 pm What in the world is that? If it were a lamination peel, wouldn't zinc be showing? I don't know - I'm asking. Report this Post to the Staff
cladhunter13 Pillar of the Community Canada 1161 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 3:56 pm Good question Scooby. There is no exposed zinc on the Rev or Obv. Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 4:31 pm There is no such thing as a lamination peel on a zinc cent. Lamination happens with impurities in mixed metal alloys. Zinc cents are 100% pure zinc plated in 100% pure copper. No alloys to mix. This one is a genuine error - a struck through of some sort. I am unsure of exactly what it is, but I can tell you it's scarce and would be valuable to some degree. I hope Mike can come in and help clear this one up. Report this Post to the Staff
Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 4:36 pm Interesting. That makes sense. I've seen examples where the coin was not plated properly. What if a chunk of copper plating did come off? What would that be called? Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 4:37 pm Either struckthough something or the planchet was damaged before striking. I am leaning towards struck-through error but I have no idea what it would be Can you get a weight? If the planchet was damaged that severely, the weight would probably be affected. It would have happened to the zinc blank before plating since the copper is undisturbed. Report this Post to the Staff
cladhunter13 Pillar of the Community Canada 1161 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 4:40 pm OK...Thank you very much for the info Chuck. Always learning and eager to do so. I look forward to seeing what Mike has to say if he has a chance to take a look. I'm a bit excited now. Report this Post to the Staff
liveandievarieties Pillar of the Community United States 601 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 4:44 pm Struck on a damaged planchet is what came to my mind first, but of course Chuck is right. If the planchet were severely damaged, AMERICA wouldn't have struck up fully and the coin would have a different appearance. Without a doubt, struck through something BIG. VERY COOL ERROR! Report this Post to the Staff
dumprat Valued Member United States 460 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 4:46 pm Did you find it in change? Report this Post to the Staff
cladhunter13 Pillar of the Community Canada 1161 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 5:01 pm Weighs in at 2.5g Report this Post to the Staff
cladhunter13 Pillar of the Community Canada 1161 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 5:03 pm I found it in a roll of Canadian Cents as I was CRH a couple months back. I did not think to much of it at the time. My opinion seems to be changing. Report this Post to the Staff
liveandievarieties Pillar of the Community United States 601 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 5:07 pm 2.5 is exactly what it should be, major struck through it is! Report this Post to the Staff
cconrad Valued Member United States 128 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 5:14 pm I found a cent a couple of weeks ago that looks very similar to this. I couldn't tell if it was PMD or an error. I can't for the life of me remember what date it was. I will post some pics as soon as I get home from work. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 5:16 pm What does the other side look like? Report this Post to the Staff
dch828 New Member United States 33 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 5:34 pm Unique for sure. Report this Post to the Staff
cladhunter13 Pillar of the Community Canada 1161 Posts	Posted 04/04/2011 5:37 pm Here are a few pics I have of the OBV. If you need one straight on...let me know. I will take it back out of the 2x2. In this pic you can see where the anomaly is (black arrow): Another pic of the REV: Report this Post to the Staff
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