Look at this 1936 Lincoln Cent I got the other day. It has pre Mint Damage I believe. What do you think it is worth.
I suppose it could be a lamination, but I'm not exactly sure. It would probably be only a couple of bucks, if that's what it is, and not post-mint damage....
I agree with the lamination peel. I think I read one time it is caused when the alloys dont bond quite right. I dont believe it to be a strike through error because details are within the depession.
I also agree that it appears to be a lamination peel but it is the largest one that I have seen that was confined to a section of the coin! Most of the large ones that I have seen, covered large portion of the coins and many times, a portion of the lamination was still intact. The Other, Other Frank
The metal in the planchet is actually warped a bit by the strike, so the layer under the lamination is 'bent' enough that when the lamination falls off, the letters are still visible. With that much wear, I guess it might be pre-strike, but the metal flows a lot during a strike, as in a large cud. Maybe someone can post a pic of a hinged lamination that shows this, as I am a bit busy cause Santa comes tonight after the relatives leave, and I have two kids under 10. Merry Christmas All!
Actually, it is compression that is the reason that the letters are still visible after the lamination piece falls away! The Dies exert so much pressure upon the planchet during the minting or striking process, that the Images, Date and Lettering become subsurface per say in that the metal becomes more dense and retains their form even when a piece of the surface peels and falls away. This is why that coins can be acid Dated and that filed away Serial Numbers on guns can be brought out by acid! I have a few coins that have large pieces of lamination that have peeled and fell off the coin and which still have the entire Image, Date and/or Lettering showing. However, I doubt that I could locate them right away and besides, my Digital Camera does a poor job on taking pictures of coins! Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays all which ever you prefer! The Other, Other frank
I agree with Frank and all, definately a lamination. A hugh lamination, but surely pre-circulation. Nice find, most people would have just tossed is as damage.
Exactly correct. Too many people mistakenly think that the design on a coin only lies on the surface - it doesn't, it exist pretty much all the way through the coin due to the compression of the metal.
It could be a lamination error or a strike-through. I'd say the latter is more likely, judging from the shape and depth of the depression. The only thing that bugs me about it is that the rim is deformed and bulges out where it skirts the depression. That's not what you'd expect in a genuine error.
