Whats up with this 1960-D penny????

PRIZ430

Just pulled this from a UNC roll of 1960-d Large dates....whats going on with this????...any ideas???

johnny9434

cracked planchet?

LanceNewmanOCC

.
delamination - a splitting apart into layers.

pretty neat and happens quite a bit
.

FredWeinberg

Laminated planchet, due to
improper metal mixture of the
strip of copper, before the blank
was punched.

They're called Laminations, or
the older term, Peeled Laminations.

MsMorrisine

save it

PRIZ430

<< <i>Laminated planchet, due to
improper metal mixture of the
strip of copper, before the blank
was punched.

They're called Laminations, or
the older term, Peeled Laminations. >>



I have seen laminations before...it's just that in hand, this one doesnt even appear to be separating, while it appears "liberty" is crooked....actually...it looks more like a piece of scrap fell on the coin when it was struck....looks like I could just peel it off......Does something like this have any real value, or is it just an insignificant error????

CaptHenway

That is pretty cool, the way the fragment shifted.

MsMorrisine

it's not a high $ error, but it is a collectible error.


don't mess with the bit of hanging metal, it might break off.

FredWeinberg

Look at the lower left section of the
flake, just to the right of the rim.

You'll see a small 'shiny area' - that's
where the flake shifted up a bit, after
the coin was struck like that.

That's why part of Liberty is shifed up
and to the right a bit.