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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;huntsman53, post: 177463, member: 1242&quot;]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!</p><p><br /></p><p>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!</p><p><br /></p><p>Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays all which ever you prefer!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Other, Other frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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