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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collecting Nut, post: 3681049, member: 74863&quot;]No. You have a coin. It was minted. A piece of the surface of the coin cracks and/or peels away. It has nothing to do with another coin. You only have the one coin. Laminations come in 2 types, a retained and a missing lamination.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a retained lamination the cracked piece is still part of the coin. However it is cracked or starting to peel away.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a missing lamination the cracked piece is gone. It&#039;s nowhere to be found. The coin has a piece missing. Your nickel is a retained lamination. Small and minor, not worth any amount to get excited about, just a few dollars. You can see how the metal has cracked but is still attached to the surface of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Laminations occur by the metal not being mixed properly. Some metals do not mix, like oil and water. No matter how hard you try oil and water won&#039;t mix. The metal used in coins mixes well together but sometimes it doesn&#039;t get mixed correctly. Then after being minted it cracks or peels away creating what you see. I do not have a photo of a good lamination but I do have this.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s called a split planchet and so only include it to help you understand. The metal was improperly mixed and it split down the middle of the coin. It&#039;s rare to have both halves. Having one half is more common.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]987969[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]987970[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]987971[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]987972[/ATTACH] </p><p>It shows how the metal mixes and why it split. Hope this helps you to understand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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