Lamination....is it a big deal?

koinkrazy

I am looking at buying a draped bust quarter, it is unc. Love the coin, but it has a lamination at about 10 o'clock on the reverse rim. The lamination actually sticks out from the coin 90 degrees, but it isn't very big. To me its not that big a deal, and it is the way the coin was made, I wa just wondering what others may think on it?

Placid

Got a picture? Grade?

airplanenut

If you don't mind, buy it... beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Dog97

You mean a piece of metal has delaminated and is still attached? To me that would be a great error to have. Usually they break off & you are left with a planchet flaw.

koinkrazy

Placid, sorry no pic, but its a ms-61

Dog, I am not up on what the right term to use. So a delamination is a piece of metal taht is lifted away from the coin yet attached? Where as lamination is just a piece of metal just starting to lift or flake? Yes it is stil fully attached, but sticking straight up from the coin, again, not very big, at first glance it looks like a spot, but in closer examination you can clearly see it sticking up, and its at the rim, away from the focal point. So you don't thnk it should make that much differnce on the coins value?

Dog97

Either way it is a "lamination" error in proper terms. Delamination is simply the verb I used to describe what the planchet was doing.
If it is still attached some collectors refer to it as a clamshell because it looks like a clamshell opening up. Small lamination errors bring little prems and in your case would probably lower the value slightly since most collectors avoid coins with planchet flaws. The value has already been lowered because that's possibly part of the reason it grades 61 instead of 62 for example.

Placid

It's up to your personal taste and like Dog97 said the grade seems like the lamination error was considered.
Personally I would not want that on a coin above 63 money.

sumner1984

I have a 1923 peace dollar like that. its PCGS ms64 with a small lamination sticking out of libertys head. the lamination is only seen if you hold the coin at an angle in your hand, it is then visable. its cool in a way cause its like part of miss liberties crown. this coin was originally NGC ms65, i sent it in for cross over cause it was a nice ms65 that would satisfy my peace dollar needs for a few years , it apparently laminated after being re-holdered by PCGS. I will buy more peace $s in the future, right now im concentrating on saints and $20 libs for the next 3 years or so.

nucklehead

I own several laminated pieces,some Jeffersons some Wasington quarters.All are circulated but I think they're cool planchet flaws.

mintluster

I laminated a baseball card once as a kid, thinking I was protecting it. Big mistake. That card is now worth 300 bucks!!!

nucklehead

<< <i>I laminated a baseball card once as a kid, thinking I was protecting it. Big mistake. That card is now worth 300 bucks!!! >>

Ouch.