lamination error coins

silverpop · January 24, 2013 11:51AM

well have a few of these mostly nickels

habaraca · January 24, 2013 12:03PM

only one I have imaged:

silverpop · January 24, 2013 12:05PM

Broadstruck · January 24, 2013 12:18PM

1901-O $10 with the largest obverse lamination known on top and a smaller in front of Ms. Liberty's eye.

kryptonitecomics · January 24, 2013 12:57PM

Very common on Nickels...especially Silver war nickels from what I hear.

Here is a cool quarter I just sold on Ebay..

silverpop · January 24, 2013 1:53PM

very cool error coins

RadioContestKing · January 24, 2013 8:50PM

This is my only one, a 1956 quarter and its a Type B. Enjoy

CaptHenway · January 24, 2013 10:14PM

<< <i>Very common on Nickels...especially Silver war nickels from what I hear.

Here is a cool quarter I just sold on Ebay..

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Be careful! The delamination police might confiscate that!

delinky

BillJones · January 24, 2013 10:39PM

If you any of you have an accumulation of 1943 Steel cents or 1942-5 Wartime nickels you stand a good chance of finding a piece with a lamination. Laminations are fairly common on those coins, especially the nickels.

ibzman350 · January 24, 2013 10:48PM

Herb

OnWithTheHunt · January 24, 2013 11:50PM

silverpop · January 25, 2013 12:01AM

bigole · January 25, 2013 12:46AM

Dumb rookie question- are laminations good things from a value perspective, or a negative?

Is it considered a cool error, or "damaged"?

I've got a 1918-D Buffalo with a lamination on the reverse, I'd just like to know whether to love it or hate it.

Thanks.

ctf_error_coins · January 25, 2013 12:50AM

Minor laminations are very common and don't add to the value of the coin and may distract.

Major eye appealing lamination errors do carry a premium.

silverpop · January 25, 2013 12:55AM

true they add little to the coin but to me they make the coin interesting to own, despite being common they are still a neat error to own

bigole · January 25, 2013 12:59AM

Thanks, I like it, I guess at the end of the day that's what counts.

I just have to be careful with my Dansco when I pull out the plastic insert, otherwise it "hangs" on the lamination.

CoinZip · January 25, 2013 1:01AM

LanceNewmanOCC · January 25, 2013 2:22AM

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lamination, cracks and clashing

ibzman350 · January 27, 2013 5:01PM

Nice 21, I like!!

Herb

LochNESS · January 27, 2013 5:16PM

<< <i>1901-O $10 with the largest obverse lamination known on top and a smaller in front of Ms. Liberty's eye.

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Now if I had a gold lamination error, I'd be sure to collect any pieces that flaked off / de-laminated

nwcoast · January 28, 2013 1:11AM

Cool examples.
Here'smy one and only. I've had it ever since I was a little kid.

Harry779 · January 28, 2013 9:10AM

Icollecteverything · February 16, 2013 5:42AM

I was looking thru some minor errors and noticed that several Lincolns with laminations also seemed to have the woodgrain effect and the grain seems to go in the same direction as the lamination! I remembered this thread and I see that two of the war nickels previously shown here seem to have the same thing going on.
Is the wood grain effect possibly from when they rolled the metal stock there were impurities and/or bubbles in the metal? Maybe this is what causes the wood grain as the metal is compressed?

CaptHenway · February 16, 2013 6:27AM

The woodgrain effect is caused by metal ingots with small, localized concentrations of alloy (zinc and/or tin in the case of bronze) that cause areas of the bronze to appear brassy being rolled out and elongated. These concentrations are caused by the zinc and/or tin not being properly diffused into the copper base. I believe that this was caused by the mixture not being heated hot enough.

If the alloying materials are really poorly mixed, when they get rolled out they could cause cracks in the metal that express themselves as laminations.

harveypb · February 16, 2013 11:01AM

Here's a lamination line shaped like a U on the obverse of a 1960 Type B Reverse quarter.

harveypb · February 16, 2013 11:08AM

I forgot to mention that there are also lamination lines on the reverse of the 1960
Type B Reverse quarter above the R in QUARTER and above the arrowheads running across
the left wing.

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