2001 5 cents Canada struck thrue
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Obviously, the coin has been struck true, is it grease.
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I'm not up on 5 cents, but these were multiply plated steel. It looks like some of the "plating peeled off and some of it plugged the die. I could very easily be wrong with that
It a pretty deep hole and I don't think peeled plating off could have made this error coin. Here photos of what I found on the Canada error site. Lookalike I say...
It's not "lookalike". In the original, the "peel" took off the design. The one from the CaC site didn't affect the design. I am not an error collector... I'm just commenting on what I see metallically.
It is an obvious strike thru error. There is no characteristic of peeling in the image. Why? What does a detached lamination look like?
Looks like struck through grease to me.
Interesting error.
Thanks for sharing, but I'll go with struck through grease.
Here is the numismatic definition of Laminage. There are more depends on the combined metallurrgy.
Lamination/Planchet Flaw Coin Error: I like to think of this error as one where the thin layer of on top of the impurity metal from the coin has not really detached from the coin. These errors appear to have very slight flaws or cracks in the surface of the coin that generally are quite long.
It's a strike through. Probably grease or other soft material. Laminations tend to be elongated since the void/defect is in the ingot as cast and is stretched out as the strip is rolled. Also, the surface of your coin doesn't look like the typical lamination surface. It's too smooth. Just my opinion