Error Penny???

[SCDigginWithAK]

Is this an error? If so what kind?

 

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[Rww1987]

It looks like a little extra pice of copper stuck to it when it got struck. Cool find!

 

[doublet2a]

Think thats called a "Lamination error"

Tim

 

[jewelerguy]

yep. doublet2a got it

 

[fishguy]

looks more to me like a die grease or die wear or a small chunk of copper stuck in the die. , most lamination errors happen on multi metal"plated" coins. the 1963 is 97.5% copper it dosnt have a zinc center with a copper candy shell it is an alloy unlike post 82 cents that are 97.5 zinc plated in 2.5%copper, so lamination would be a tough call. usually aren't BIG mint errors see them for sell for a couple bucks here and there. but to be sure is the are raise all around or seem to be peeling up? Now if you find either of these issues on a proof coin, now you found something more valuable.

 

[tamrock]

Certainley looks like a malfunction out of how many did the make of these 63 cents? I've been focused on the last two letters of liberty, but whats up with Lincoln's nose? Was Geppetto behind this issue?

 

[cti4sw]

looks more to me like a die grease or die wear or a small chunk of copper stuck in the die. , most lamination errors happen on multi metal"plated" coins. the 1963 is 97.5% copper it dosnt have a zinc center with a copper candy shell it is an alloy unlike post 82 cents that are 97.5 zinc plated in 2.5%copper, so lamination would be a tough call. usually aren't BIG mint errors see them for sell for a couple bucks here and there. but to be sure is the are raise all around or seem to be peeling up? Now if you find either of these issues on a proof coin, now you found something more valuable.

Lamination is caused when an air or grease bubble gets caught in the planchet as it's rolled flat. It has little to do with pure vs. alloy coins, although I can understand why alloy coins may experience it more often. At some point in the minting process, the air/grease pocket becomes exposed and the flap covering it peels away or "cracks", releasing the air/grease and often removing a chunk of the planchet with it. I have several wheat cents with lamination errors, and even make a point to collect them for my wheats collection. Value increases when metal is actually missing, whether the die stamp occurred before or after the peeling or, like fishguy said, with better condition coins.

 

[huntsman53]

Lamination is caused when an air or grease bubble gets caught in the planchet as it's rolled flat. It has little to do with pure vs. alloy coins, although I can understand why alloy coins may experience it more often. At some point in the minting process, the air/grease pocket becomes exposed and the flap covering it peels away or "cracks", releasing the air/grease and often removing a chunk of the planchet with it. I have several wheat cents with lamination errors, and even make a point to collect them for my wheats collection. Value increases when metal is actually missing, whether the die stamp occurred before or after the peeling or, like fishguy said, with better condition coins.

Good post and description but I have to correct one thing! When the coin shows a separation of it's surface in the case of the O.P's coin, this is called a Lamination Error but when the piece totally separates from the coin, then this is called a De-Lamination Error. Yes, De-Lamination Errors are more sought after and more valuable but what is even more valuable is when a coin has a retained De-Lamination. This is when the piece folds over (folds back) showing the internal portion of the coin but the De-Lamination stays in place. However, the most valuable ones are when a coin is struck through a retained De-Lamination (i.e. a piece separates from the planchet before being struck and the Dies strike the coin through this piece of De-Lamination. I have many coins with Lamination and De-Lamination Errors and at one point, I owned hundreds of them.


Frank