Grease Filled Die?

An interesting find? My guess is it was caused by a grease filled die. Any informed opinions?

 

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I'm also thinking that looks like an 8 (1986)

 

It also might be a Lamination Error.

 

If it is a lamination error would the rim be intact?

 

I'm going with greaser. If it was a lam then it would have needed to circulate more to wear the jagged edges down

 

Sorry but doesn't it look worn down at all to you? It does to me. Pitted like a Lamination. Grease Strike don't normally leave a form like that.

 

It looks like a grease filled die struck a defective blank in the area of the 8. The entire area around the 8 is lower and jagged compared to the rest of the surface of the coin.

 

I it was a defective blank wouldn't it have affected the rim too in the area of the defect?

 

Yes it looks somewhat decently circulated but was it enough to leave not one hard or even semi-hard edge line at all. This one is tuff. But I'm still inclined to say a debris grease mix. That said I wouldn't be shocked if the consensus was indeed a smoothed out lam but I'm just not getting that feeling personally

 

Could it have been a laminated coin that was struck with the lamination in tact, with the lamination falling off at a letter time?

 

No, not necessarily.