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Is this a lamination issue?

in2Coinsin2Coins Posts: 365 ✭✭✭✭✭

Or just threw up? :D

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  • thebeavthebeav Posts: 3,918 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm looking for a line through the beard which might indicate more of a 'strike-through' of a small scrap. Probably an odd shaped lamination though, as that is very, very common on Buffalos.

  • HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wish that was by the rim... so I could say... “The buff’s regurgitating its cud.”

    Now I am stuck with saying, “Possibly.”

    :):D

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,698 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It is either a lamination, die chip, or strike through. Just which would require close examination, in person, by an expert in such things (not me). Regardless, I doubt if it would add much value to the coin.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Minor planchet lamination;
    common on nickels of all years.

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a retained piece of metal trim on the planchet... which technically, would be a strike through...could be a lamination, but does not have the usual appearance. Cheers, RickO

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,615 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Right, said Fred.

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