Hello everyone, Hope everyone had a great Holiday, things are pretty quiet around here so I decided to go through some coins again. I came across these coins and did some google searching and still not sure if these coins are considered laminated coins? Can someone tell me if these are laminated or if not what would the cause be on these beat up old coins. Thank you
No they are not laminated. Lamination is a process where a plastic sheet is sealed around something, like your drivers license. On a coin it’s a piece of the metal is peeling like when you open a sardine can. This is what a lamination looks like. Yours just look that way from years of circulation and abuse.
On the French: honestly looks like it got cut and had extreme heat damage as well. World War I did that to a lot of French coins. Maybe this one has been through several conflicts. The Capped Bust 1827 looks way beyond well worn but may have been subjected to heat too. The 1/2 Piastre Cyprus looks like maybe a heat-related as well or a planchet flaw. …my best guesses, maybe another member knows better and chimes in… …imo…Spark
Lamination is anything where the flan separates into layers which can be on the surfaces such as the above or on the edge such as this Victorian decimal pattern Given just the right degree of edge lamination to allow the coin to pass into circulation, you can eventually end up with two unifaces, so.
I know yours is bigger and longer but mine is in the field so Lincoln looks better on the 1919 and the wreath is mostly there on the Indian Head.