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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 2914233, member: 84179&quot;]First, I&#039;m not sure what it is but I&#039;m leaning towards some type of lamination error.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason is for that is the way the piece chipped off the planchet.&nbsp; Copper is a very malleable metal, and I would expect if it was a PMD hit or gouge you would see metal smearing and I don&#039;t see any of that.</p><p><br /></p><p>So IMO, a lamination fits best&nbsp; It could be from an occluded gas bubble or maybe an alloying or contamination issue (but I don&#039;t see any color differences that would indicate that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just my thoughts to see if it stirs up any other ideas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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