Just curious what this would be called. It looks like it was done during minting but heck if I know. All I have is a picture to go by so I will let the experts tell me what they think.
You have two identically wrapped boxes in front of you. One has a small fortune in it, and one has a bomb capable of killing everyone in the room. Do you think a wild guess will be right? Chris
"MINT DAMAGE OR POST MINT DAMAGE?"? I have no idea but would like to state that the term "MINT" in "POST MINT DAMAGE" is not referring to the US Mint Facility but the coining process. As such, it's important for folks to understand that, once a coin has been minted, it can receive damage at the US Mint which would still be considered "Post Mint Damage". Kinda like the difference between using "uncirculated" as a coins state of preservation or a description of where it has or has not been,
Hello keemao! Looks to me like it could be what is referred to as a Retained Lamination. There are planchets that have slight imperfections during the minting process and this is a small example. Here is a picture you can find if you Google retained lamination. I also noticed this happened a lot in wheat cents such as yours. I have a few in my personal collection.
Yes it should. Coop already uses the term Post Strike Damage, and I am trying to get used to making the switch myself, but it is going to be a long uphill battle to bring the change into common usage. It does need to be done though, because use of incorrect terms just leads to confusion among those trying to learn.
