Howdy again everybody! This time I think I found a coin with lamination issues. But, it appears on both sides of the coin in the same areas. I am trying to remember if I ever saw a lamination problem like that before - and I do not think I have. So what is this? Is it just a case of PMD? Thanks in advance.
Sorry, but I can't see any indication of metal separation in your pics. Too me, it just looks like staining, especially since the area over the date matches with the area by AMERICA on the rev
Oh...Thank you @Oldhoopster !! Hmmm. So, now I want to know: Just how badly can a person suck at identifying these errors and varieties? I think I may be in the running for Worst Student of Lincoln Cent Error Identification...like...ever.
Don't worry. Your questions are always reasonable. One trick to get better is trying to ID the errors posted on here and see if your answer matches with the group consensus. If you missed it, go to error-ref, Variety Vista, or Wexler's doubled die site and read up on that error type to see what you missed. Tou'll be getting most of them right in no time.
looks like staining to me too. Look at the area by the date top corner. Notice how the color changes from a grimy black to less to the lighter copper color ? (wet your finger and rub in that area lol ) It's like cleaning stuff at home. Look at the color stuff in the words too.
Your questions and answers are always well thought out. LaCointessa. For me...it's easier to identify the non-errors.....Ha!
That is what I am doing @Oldhoopster ! But it seems that when I am l concentrating on one thing, I apparently exclude another. So I'll need to be more deliberate about it. Thank you very much for your feedback. Thanks @Nyatii - but I'm afraid that I am not well thought out because as soon as @Oldhoopster said "discoloration" it clicked. And even though I could see ridge lines and thought those were where plating ended, and even though I thought there was something suspicious about seeing a plating issue on both sides of the coin in the same area, I just couldn't put it together what I was seeing! And I looked at the coin repeatedly over 24 hours. I need to take more time when I have those types of suspicions and do as @Oldhoopster says and go back to the resources to figure out why I am having questions about my 'diagnosis.' Later today or tomorrow I will go back to this coin and see if I can confirm the discoloration. Perhaps there is some crud or goo causing me to see ridge lines that will disappear with light tidying. I'll report back if I find something interesting.
Maybe it's just the matter of this: My grandfather said if I was stuck on something, I should lay it down for a day and come back. Good advice. He also said to not to carry everything at once, tie my shoes instead of pushing my feet into them, and to learn to shoot one gun really well. I spent the rest of my life proving that I can carry everything at once, push my feet into my shoes and still look like I tie them, and bought lots of guns. I ended up with lots of muscles but many dropped and broken things, and shoes that were untimely worn. But...I can shoot all guns well, and some really well. I bet after a days rest it will all come to you.
Good advice I have a box in my desk drawer of "ID later" Coins. Mostly medieval and ancient, usually low grades. Every once in awhile, I look through them to see if anything makes sense. Many times I'll remember something I saw on a forum, or while looking for something else that will help me ID a coin that I was giving me trouble. Some stuff has been there for years and I've ID'd some after long periods of being relegated to the box.
You guys are great and you make me relax. Knowing myself and how I best learn (at least when I was younger - and I think that age may be affecting my ability to retain new information - I'm not certain, though) I thought immersion into the subject was the way to go. Perhaps it is not since I am pulled between the fun of hunting for errors and varieties, the need to understand grading and a deep love of ancient coins! I pray that I can retire and set up a schedule for systematic numismatic study in these areas I enjoy most. Again, thank you very much.
