Another neat Silver Dollar Error - Struck Through Wood- large pic

tincup

Been busy with the camera this morning... so here is another neat silver dollar error. This is a 1923 Peace dollar with a fairly large sized strike through on the reverse. At least that is what it looks like to me, since there appear to be wood grain pattern in the recessed areas. I have heard of Morgan dollars having wood fragments struck into them, but am not sure how common this would be for Peace dollars. However, perhaps it is just a lamination...

Wolf359

Looks like wood to me. Very nice.

BLUEJAYWAY

Being a "lam fan" I always enjoy seeing these examples.

CaptHenway

Yep!

astrorat

Nice, but not a strike through. It's a lamination (actually, delamination). You can tell the difference by what is at the "valley" of the lamination. If you see ghosting of the design elements, then it's not a strike through as the devices are "struck" deep into the coin. A lamination will peel away top layers, but the design will still peek through.

Nice coin, nonetheless.

Broadstruck

<< <i>It's a lamination (actually, delamination). >>





There's a 1914-D $20 Saint out there somewhere in a NGC MS62 holder that has ones all the was across and the delamination at first glance does look it was struck through a #2 pencil.

tincup

<< <i>Nice, but not a strike through. It's a lamination (actually, delamination). You can tell the difference by what is at the "valley" of the lamination. If you see ghosting of the design elements, then it's not a strike through as the devices are "struck" deep into the coin. A lamination will peel away top layers, but the design will still peek through.

Nice coin, nonetheless. >>




Nice point astrorat, I did not notice the faint traces of the letters in the bottom. Many thanks all for the input!

crypto79

<< <i>Nice, but not a strike through. It's a lamination (actually, delamination). You can tell the difference by what is at the "valley" of the lamination. If you see ghosting of the design elements, then it's not a strike through as the devices are "struck" deep into the coin. A lamination will peel away top layers, but the design will still peek through.

Nice coin, nonetheless. >>



Beat me to it

ricko

Very interesting..... sure looks like a strike through at first glance.... but agree it is not.... this is a good example of how magnification can help...Cheers, RickO

BustHalfBrian

Looks more like a detached lamination to me. Strike-through errors are typically not rough in the recess, but rather smooth and often show a faint image of the design (depending on the thickness of the foreign object that was obstructing the planchet).

kaz

cool coin, educational thread.

TopographicOceans

That's cool. A speared eagle

coindeuce

Laminations and delaminations are far more common in frequency on Peace Dollars than on any other U.S. series, except Lincoln cents, simply because of the exponential numbers of Lincolns made.

winky

It's a woody eagle. Nice.

segoja

Neat

lordmarcovan

Cool.

stealer

<< <i>It's a woody eagle. Nice. >>


If the sun is rising, that eagle has a serious medical problem.

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kaz

I missed this one 2.5 years ago . Eagle looks happy to have his back scratched!

JBK

@afford said:

Wish there was an obv pic. Would it be correct that the obv must be effected my what happened to the obv.

I don't think so. I would expect that whether a struck through or a lamination, the obverse should look normal. actually, that is what would help authenticate it.

Insider2

@coindeuce said:
Laminations and delaminations are far more common in frequency on Peace Dollars than on any other U.S. series, except Lincoln cents, simply because of the exponential numbers of Lincolns made.

Interesting, I should have though nickels would have been right up there with Lincolns and both far more than Peace dollars. I guess our opinion may be formed by what we collect. Do you collect Peace dollars?

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