what is this type of error called

thank you .it seems to be part of coin rim

 

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Looks like a lamination. What is the year?

 

1981 thanks

 

Yup. I'm gonna go with a lamination then.

 

Id'e agree. Caused by dirt or gas trapped in the strip as it is rolled out to the thickness of a cent blank. Lamination errors may be missing or attached to the coin’s surface. By the picture though it is hard to tell if that area has a piece missing or that small piece is rolled into the surface.

 

It looks like a middle finger to me.

Chris

 

I'll go with index finger.

 

Here is an example of a retained lamination that I was able to peel from the coin. My best lam find to-date.

 

That's really neat!

 

That is very cool! I'd bet that Charmy would love to have it for her specialty collection.

Chris

 

Thanks. Not to hijack OP's thread or anything...just thought it was a good example of a lamination. It also has a fold over lamination on "In God" and a small one to the right of the date.

 

Oh, and here is a before...

 

Given that there appears to be metal missing along the rim, I'm more inclined to call this a rim burr rather than a lamination. Scroll down this page and you'll see a similar example on a half dollar.

http://www.coinworld.com/insights/c...se--pre--strike-planchet-damage-variable.html

 

here is two more pics

 

Definitely a struck-in rim burr.

 

It does look more like it now that I can fully see the rim.

 

I never thought of that until now this coin is xrated

 

As several others have already stated, this is a struck-in rim burr.

 

ok thanks everyone .

 

when it comes to lamination how come i've seen more convex lamination than concave and if a lamination is out pressed does that mean that there is a foreign piece of metal under the strike?