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1981 Washington lamination error today in change?

direwolf1972direwolf1972 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭
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In hand I was unsure if it was a lamination error (forgot my glasses today). When I got home and could look at it closer I noticed the ragged edges and it had varying degree's of detail in "LIBERTY" where it had peeled off to varying depths.

Not a spectacular coin but pretty neat for a face value pick up.

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I'll see your bunny with a pancake on his head and raise you a Siamese cat with a miniature pumpkin on his head.

You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.


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  • ColquhounColquhoun Posts: 545 ✭
    Sweet Jesus, poor George had a bad day.

    "I am sorry you are unhappy with the care you recieved, is their anything I can do for you right now, how about some high speed lead therapy?" - A qoute from my wife's nursing forum

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  • direwolf1972direwolf1972 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭
    He looks kinda like he's prepped for a lobotomy image
    I'll see your bunny with a pancake on his head and raise you a Siamese cat with a miniature pumpkin on his head.

    You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.


  • percybpercyb Posts: 3,333 ✭✭✭✭
    Looks like sap from that tree...(was that George?) anyway, that tree he cut down sprayed all over him....
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  • direwolf1972direwolf1972 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭
    I have seen smaller laminations before but havent really seen this large of one in a modern series. Just curious how common this is?
    I'll see your bunny with a pancake on his head and raise you a Siamese cat with a miniature pumpkin on his head.

    You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.


  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks as if it may have had an 'assist'... Cheers, RickO
  • errormavenerrormaven Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭
    You've got a missing clad error. At the top, part of the clad layer was lost before the strike. That's the copper area that's well struck. A narrow tongue of cladding was lost after the strike. That's the more deeply recessed area with the mushy lettering. At the bottom it seems all or nearly all of the cladding was lost before the strike. The small pit might be a strike-through error.
    Mike Diamond is an error coin writer and researcher. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those held by any organization I am a member of.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the clarification errormaven... I now see the point you are making about the bottom pit being a strike through.. I initially thought it was due to a gouge and caused the bottom delamination. Your observation is excellent.. thanks, Cheers, RickO
  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What a great coin, Paul! Nice find!

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  • direwolf1972direwolf1972 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭


    << <i>You've got a missing clad error. At the top, part of the clad layer was lost before the strike. That's the copper area that's well struck. A narrow tongue of cladding was lost after the strike. That's the more deeply recessed area with the mushy lettering. At the bottom it seems all or nearly all of the cladding was lost before the strike. The small pit might be a strike-through error. >>



    Thanks for the info. I dont know a lot about error coins. image
    I'll see your bunny with a pancake on his head and raise you a Siamese cat with a miniature pumpkin on his head.

    You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.


  • GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭
    Very cool!

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