Beauty and Beast

[RJ-migration]

I slabbed this 1949s mint error obverse lamination. Came back MS67RD. How dellightful!

[errorist]

Looks cleaned to me. Did they miss the lamination designation?

[RJ-migration]

No, they did not miss the designation. Here's the whole view...

[Leothelion]

I didn't know a lamination could be considered an error!

 

Leo

 

Would that be an error in the quality workmenship of a planchet?

[truthteller]

Yes, lamination is considered an error by the grading services. It is mostly due to improper alloying of metal causing poor bonding and subsequent metal failure during the planchet annealing process. When strike occurs during minting, the metal layers crack open with the metal flow, causing a flake or split of the coin metal.

 

 

TRUTH

[Wihlborg]

Thats a good looking error coin RJ!

 

Congrats

 

John

[DonHeath]

Pretty nifty. The fact it happens to be a very nice coin doesn't hurt.

[errorist]

They look neat because the design is still imprinted in the lamination if you look close.

[Leothelion]

Yes, lamination is considered an error by the grading services. It is mostly due to improper alloying of metal causing poor bonding and subsequent metal failure during the planchet annealing process. When strike occurs during minting, the metal layers crack open with the metal flow, causing a flake or split of the coin metal.

 

 

TRUTH

 

Exactly! But what if the lamination developes after the minting process, after it leaves the mint? Very much in the way a copper carbonate forms, over an extended period of time. Carbon spots are not designated as errors on a coin or should they be?

 

Leo

[EZ_E]

Very nice, indeed!!! Excellent photo, too, BTW.

[spy88]

RJ,

 

You now have a double error coin! The lamination AND the misspelling of OBVERSE by NGC! How it got past everyone is hard to figure!

 

Extra premium!

 

David