What gives Ike a splitting headache?...New scan added

Gandyjai

I have never run into an Ike error like this one!
Is it a split clad layer, defective lamination, or what?

Looks to be legit to me, but I guess post-mint damage is always a possibility.





Brian

I Love Variety, Error & Non-Hurricane Ikes!

Aegis3

Is that incused or raised on the coin?

segoja

HMMMMM

coinkid855

Looks like he's dressing up as an elf for Halloween....lol




-Paul

adamlaneus

It's incused. Look at the ear, the light is coming from below. The thing in question has a highlight at the top. Illumination comes from the bottom. That means that you are looking at a pit, not a lump.

MikeInFL

Looks like a strikethrough of some type. Neat.

lordmarcovan

If that is incused, then it sure does look like a major strikethrough, with some big piece of junk causing it!

Cool.

19Lyds

I am simply amazed!

These copper-nickel clad coins are incredibly hard so if that was post mint, there must be evidence of a counter ounch on the reverse.

If not, then that's one helluva strike-through!

JRocco

That looks raised to me.
Can you show a pic of the entire obverse?

messydesk

<< <i>That looks raised to me.
Can you show a pic of the entire obverse? >>


Weird optical illusion. That was my first impression before looking at the rest of the coin, at which time the ear seemed incused. Looks like a big strike-thru.

Gandyjai

Picture now added of whole obverse. It is indeed, incused.
My first thought was one heck of a strike thru....even suspecting one of the odd football-shaped
steel "beads" used to prepare the planchets.



Then a friend of mine found a dime with a similar error in the same spot by the ear!



Pretty strange!
Brian

Aegis3

With the full coin pic, definitely a cool strike through.

19Lyds

Is there any damage on the reverse Brian indicating this is a post mint counterpunch Brian?

Gandyjai

Nope....reverse is AOK (except for some spots). It needs a trip to NCS!



Brian

lordmarcovan

MUCH better, now that you added the whole obverse pic instead of just the closeup.

The closeup made it look raised, almost, with no other reference points to look at.

And WOW, whatever that is, it's cool. If it's a legit strikethrough, it ought to be worth a few smackeroos, for being so dramatic.

JRocco

<< <i>

<< <i>That looks raised to me.
Can you show a pic of the entire obverse? >>


Weird optical illusion. That was my first impression before looking at the rest of the coin, at which time the ear seemed incused. Looks like a big strike-thru. >>



Thanks for the explanation John.
Good observation.