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1957 D Lincoln Cent looks like peeled back lamination ?

Please thoughts on this no scratches peeled seems seems as old as coin though tankyou



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  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,480 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks that way to me. Somebody peeled it back hoping there was a prize inside. :p

  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,480 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @silverpop said:
    IMHO the coin looks like PMD

    I understand where you are coming from on that - I almost came to the same conclusion. But, look at the reverse - no sign of the trauma that would have had to have occurred had the obverse been "clawed" back like that.

    Anyone have any thoughts?

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It looks like a lamination to me.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • BenitoBenito Posts: 256 ✭✭✭

    Plus lamination match perfect the cuts no scratches or damage to the coin

  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,757 ✭✭✭✭✭

    let a coin expert look at it and see what they think it is

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Even if it is a lamination it isn't worth spending time or money on. Most collectors dislike laminations.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @291fifth said:
    Even if it is a lamination it isn't worth spending time or money on. Most collectors dislike laminations.

    Actually, not funny but I feel my "disagree" would probably get retaliation. :( It's a real shame to feel that way about any members of CU but we all know the trolls exist.

    IMO, your post is very disturbing and uninformed. If I posted this nonsense I'd quickly go back and edit it to preserve my reputation. You deserve to lose a "star" for this one!

    I like the OP's coin. I'd be curious to know what part of your hobby is worth the time and money.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,480 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Insider2 said:

    @291fifth said:
    Even if it is a lamination it isn't worth spending time or money on. Most collectors dislike laminations.

    Actually, not funny but I feel my "disagree" would probably get retaliation. :( It's a real shame to feel that way about any members of CU but we all know the trolls exist.

    IMO, your post is very disturbing and uninformed. If I posted this nonsense I'd quickly go back and edit it to preserve my reputation. You deserve to lose a "star" for this one!

    I like the OP's coin. I'd be curious to know what part of your hobby is worth the time and money.

    I have had to try and sell coins with laminations in the past. The experience was not a pleasant one. So I assure you I am actually very well informed by "the market." My attitude toward laminations is simple: Have None, Want None.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @291fifth said: "I have had to try and sell coins with laminations in the past. The experience was not a pleasant one. So I assure you I am actually very well informed by "the market." My attitude toward laminations is simple: Have None, Want None."

    No one can argue with YOUR attitude about a coin as it is the way you feel based on your likes, knowledge, and experience. If you don't like a coin with laminations, it leaves more for the rest of us who like them. If you are a coin dealer, perhaps the next time you buy a coin you'll look for lamination "damage" so you can pay less and sell it faster.
    A small percentage of our error business is due to laminations - the bigger the better. We note them on our label. However, just as you, I should be very disappointed to get a coin in the mail with some of its surface ripped up if not expecting it!

    I just get disappointed when someone calls another collector's coin worthless or the time spent looking through what many consider "junk" just a waste of time. This year some very valuable "transitional cent errors" have been discovered and slabbed by folks who in your opinion were wasting their time. :wink:

  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,945 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here's a similar one that is not yet peeled back:
    1960d

    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,340 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nothing that a collector finds interesting and enjoyable is a complete waste of time or money. It's pretty cool. It'll never sell for much, but that doesn't mean it's not cool.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It does look like a folded back delamination....and the lack of damage on the reverse supports this ......Interesting coin... Cheers, RickO

  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Planchet lamination

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 10, 2018 9:34AM

    And here is the good thing...even if the coin was damaged by something outside the mint, however it happened, it is still a coin with a lamination.

    Since there are now two of these coins with similar damage in the thread, let's try to figure out if it happened inside the Mint or later. >:) We may never know for sure.

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