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

tincup · February 23, 2015 2:14AM

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 · February 23, 2015 2:15AM

Looks like wood to me. Very nice.

BLUEJAYWAY · February 23, 2015 3:34AM

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

CaptHenway · February 23, 2015 3:49AM

Yep!

astrorat · February 23, 2015 3:51AM

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 · February 23, 2015 3:58AM

<< <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 · February 23, 2015 10:29AM

<< <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 · February 23, 2015 10:52AM

<< <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 · February 24, 2015 3:48AM

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 · February 24, 2015 3:55AM

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 · February 24, 2015 7:09AM

cool coin, educational thread.

TopographicOceans · February 24, 2015 7:13AM

That's cool. A speared eagle

coindeuce · February 24, 2015 7:30AM

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 · February 24, 2015 8:09AM

It's a woody eagle. Nice.

segoja · February 25, 2015 11:21AM

Neat

lordmarcovan · February 25, 2015 4:16PM

Cool.

stealer · February 25, 2015 4:35PM

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

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

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kaz · August 28, 2018 4:06PM

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

JBK · August 28, 2018 7:31PM

@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 · August 28, 2018 8:17PM

@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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