I saw this on the 'Bay, and I'm wondering how the letter "A" peels off and moves to the eagle's chest. It had to have been struck in place to form the "A" device, then the "A" area de-laminated and... melt onto the chest? I'm not too sure that this coin was struck more than once; but I guess if it was struck twice, the "A" could possibly have been pressed onto the eagle's chest. PCGS didn't grade this as a details and gave it a solid MS-63 grade, but they also didn't designate it as a lamination error (even if it required an extra fee, I don't see why the submitter would choose not to, unless a lamination error designation wasn't available back in the OGH days). Thanks in advance!
My first thought is that the likelihood that the A would "fall off" and stick directly on the eagle's chest (like it was Superman) by chance is very slim. The likelihood that someone is good at copying PCGS OGH slabs is much, much higher. Just my jaded and cynical worldview, I suppose. EDIT: According to the Item Description, the pieces (most of the A and part of the T) are free-floating inside the slab, not stuck to the eagle's chest. They were intentionally staged there for the listing photo. So, the next question would be - how much damage can rogue T&A do?
Oh I see, it's free floating, that makes more sense. But, that free floating piece can scratch the reverse if the slab shakes hard enough... The "Alpha Eagle" name threw me off, as there's a 1952 Proof "Superbird" Quarter with an "S" on the chest.
Why does the inside of the cavity have a whitish color ... like epoxy or plastic? Shouldn't this area also be ..silver?
Don't let @DysfunctionalVeteran see this. This would be a motherlode for him. Not only does it have the detached lamination but look at the embedded wood particle on the last S of States and possibly between the eagle's head and wing.
