In your opinion would a lamination be seen as

Then buy a nice coin - not this one. You forgot to mention in the beginning that the coin was GRADED CORRECTLY with the "lamination" problem on the label.

 

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I my opinion, a lamination is only a good thing on common date modern coins where it is viewed as a mint error. As such it can add to the value, especially if it is rather large and unusual. It’s worth a big plus if you happen to have both parts of the coin.

I once had clad Roosevelt dime that had split in two. Each side was in a PCGS holder, and the parts were sold as a pair. I got something like $800 for it.

A lamination on a classic collector coin can be a big negative. A small lamination might be mostly ignored, but a big one can lower the value by a significant sum.

Here is an extreme example. This 1793 Half Cent was in Roger Cohen’s estate. It is also pictured in his die variety book. I don’t remember the exact numbers, but this coin sold at auction for considerably less than the price would have been for a normal coin in EF.