Looks like a little damage is included with the lamination. Still a nice coin. All wartime silver is nice.
Sure is a lamination. Not the type for a big premium but now you know so you can ID them in the future. Glad to see you here, and welcome.
It's real, but LAV (little added value), mostly due to it being a War nickel with silver. The lam and improperly mixed alloy coins are collected by some. I, personally, would keep that nickel. Welcome to CT and thanks for posting the photos FULL IMAGE.
So I have a question > Were wartime nickels laminated? My understanding of lamination being what replaced silver coins starting in 1965, and modern cents. In other words: a core of one metal or alloy, and a surface of another metal or alloy.
Improper annealing can cause layers to form within the alloy, leading to the possible separation of an upper layer from the coins surface. This is my understanding
No, they are made from a mixture of different metals to make an Alloy. They are not supposed to have layers.
Laminations are usually cause by an Improperly Alloy Mix. The different types of metals do not mix/melt together due to different reasons. They do not all have the same melting temperature. And then when the metal is rolled out to the correct thickness it can form layers due to the flattening and stretching of the metal. The annealing oven can make the layers separate and peal. Some blanks with layers or stripes get made into coins. This is basically how Woodies and Lamination coins are produced.
