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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 7609917, member: 24314&quot;]The lamination is the split in the surface.&nbsp; Most look as the line going into the &quot;1.&nbsp; Laminations often show a discoloration at the split where dirt or the impurity discolors it. Once part of the lamination comes off, it is delaminated and the evidence of the original design remains if the split is not too deep and it happened over part of the design.&nbsp; If the piece comes off in the field where there is no design, only a void appears with the internal part of the planchet metal showing.</p><p><br /></p><p>When a coin is struck its design is so impressed into the planchet that if we were to peel away a thin strip over a letter, we can still see what that letter was. The top surface of the letter would appear different from a letter with the original surface still attached.&nbsp; The key to everything is the coin&#039;s original surface and the split in the surface.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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