Is this an Error Coin?
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Is this an error coin?
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Struck through? I really don't know but it looks cool. I'd keep it if I found it.
bob
It looks to be a delamination.
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Agree. It looks like a lamination that came detached. I consider this to be a major error although I'm not sure if it's worth the cost of slabbing. Very cool error and well worth keeping.
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I think (operative word) it looks more like a struck through than delamination....Would like to see an input from @FredWeinberg on this one....Cheers, RickO
Possibly, but need to see the reverse. If it is normally struck then it is likely a struck through or lamination as others have suggested. Reverse surface deformation matching the obverse would indicate damage after the strike.
I would lean toward struck-through, as the surface is too regular and straight to be a lamination.
Sean Reynolds
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Yes, show the other side.
Lamination
I'm down for struck through (wood), but I'm usually wrong...
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Based on the reverse and the weakness beside the mark, I vote mint error.
PMD, IMO based on the reverse photo.
PMD
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Thank you for the additional picture, I now believe your coin is post mint damage, IMHO someone arced electricity across the coin causing the copper to melt.
Sean Reynolds
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major PMD not a error coin
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If it’s PMD, then I overpaid. My thoughts were that this was struck on a defective planchet.