Buffalo Nickel Delamination Error-How Common?

MAD4MORGANS

I have a 1925 D Buffalo Nickel that has a delamination across the full obverse. Is this a common error on Nickels?

I would think that the hardness of the Nickel metal might make this more scarce than coins of softer materials?

Steve27

"I would think that the hardness of the Nickel metal might make this more scarce than coins of softer materials?"

US Nickels are primarily copper.

ER

Stop with the "name calling", will you?

koynekwest

This is known as a lamination and is relatively common on Buffs. It's even more common on the Wartime jefferson nickels.

Shamika

<< <i>I would think that the hardness of the Nickel metal might make this more scarce than coins of softer materials? >>


Hardness has nothing to do with it. It's a result of poor planchet preparation. There was an incontinuity just under the surface that caused it.

FredWeinberg

As was mentioned above, it's not the hardness of the metal but
actually the result of "improper metal mixture" when the metal
itself is prepared, before it's even rolled into the long planchet
strips, and before they are punched out.......

Sometimes the rolling process will "pop" the bad metal mixture,
literally a "occluded gas bubble" in some cases, and cause the
metal to seperate/laminated/split, etc. off the surface of the coin.

The net effect can have various different appearances, due to a
variety of factors on how the metal was rolled, punched, struck,
circulated, etc. etc.......

Fred

CoinOnTheCob

I like that nickel.

I have a delaminated Lincoln cent. I honestly didn’t know that was possible on a nickel.
COTC


I like how it skewed Abe's beard

CoinOnTheCob

Sorry, I didn't realize that the picture file was so big.
COTC

coppercoins

This error is very common, especially on cents and nickels. Both of these coins exhibit the error with enough strength to warrant some premium value, but not much.

I personally skip right by laminations in cents when I see them, they are too common for me to want to bother with them. Furthermore, I have seen a large number of buffalo nickels with similar errors.

LRCTom

It's common, especially in the 1921-1926 range. I bet almost half the 21-S's I've ever seen show some laminations.

..Tom