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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 7966759, member: 24314"]<span style="color: #b30000">Why complicate things?</span> Clad coins are laminated. Solid alloy coins are not made of two sheets put together and are <b>NOT LAMINATED.</b> Therefore, IMO, "delamination" should only apply to this characteristic on layered coins. In addition, it appears that the word "lamination" refers to <b>a process</b> <b>of manufacturing</b> and NOT the effect we see on our coins. Nevertheless, numismatists have adopted it for our use. </p><p><br /></p><p>AFAIK, in numismatics, a lamination refers to a thin split of a coins surface. So, it appears <b><i><span style="color: #b30000">the term "lamination" covers all three photos above.</span></i></b> However, when a part of the lamination becomes completely detached I believe the term "detached lamination" is used although it probably better describes the missing (detached) piece of metal itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the end, knowledgeable folks in other fields will just need to tolerate the misuse of the term lamination by <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> such as myself. If anyone were to insist on any changes, I believe "delamination" is the best term to describe all the images above.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Joe already said that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 7966759, member: 24314"][COLOR=#b30000]Why complicate things?[/COLOR] Clad coins are laminated. Solid alloy coins are not made of two sheets put together and are [B]NOT LAMINATED.[/B] Therefore, IMO, "delamination" should only apply to this characteristic on layered coins. In addition, it appears that the word "lamination" refers to [B]a process[/B] [B]of manufacturing[/B] and NOT the effect we see on our coins. Nevertheless, numismatists have adopted it for our use. AFAIK, in numismatics, a lamination refers to a thin split of a coins surface. So, it appears [B][I][COLOR=#b30000]the term "lamination" covers all three photos above.[/COLOR][/I][/B] However, when a part of the lamination becomes completely detached I believe the term "detached lamination" is used although it probably better describes the missing (detached) piece of metal itself. In the end, knowledgeable folks in other fields will just need to tolerate the misuse of the term lamination by :bucktooth: such as myself. If anyone were to insist on any changes, I believe "delamination" is the best term to describe all the images above. :oops: Joe already said that.[/QUOTE]
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