I found this one in a roll of cents. The coin appears to have a laminationn error on the reverse. I was just wondering if there was any specific name for this tytpe of error. Thanks
Hi, Unfortunately in this case, it looks like some serious scrapes and scratches. I don't see evidence of a lamination error. Lamination errors are struck on improperly prepared planchets. These planchets have pieces of metal “peeling” from them. The lamination can be completely missing or retained on the planchet. This coin exhibits post Mint damage. Have Fun, Bill
It is raised. This is why I thought it was probablly a lamination error. But there are several scratches on the reverse that I would guess happened after the coin was circulated.
That's what I thought from looking at the pic. If it's raised - it aint damage. As to just what it IS - I would guess it's the result of a die break. But you know me and errors
It all appears to be post-strike damage. The apparent ridge might simply be metal pushed to the side as the point of a stylus (or similar) was dragged across the coin's surface.
Possibly, but why hasn't it broken the copper plating more severely? I only see a couple small breaks. (Or it could just be the pictures aren't showing the color difference.)
I took the coin to a dealer and he said in his opinion it was an not error he thinks that the coin was sliced by a sharp object raising the piece of metal. We looked at the coin under high magnification at an angle and there was a cut line on one side where you could see the metal was raised by apparently a cut. He said the object was most likely very sharp as it did not break the copper plating. Thanks for all the help.
