Error Lamination | 1951 wheat penny with an attached lamination error on the obverse.

[retiredcopper]

I found this Lam Error while searching customer rolls this morning. You can see a piece is still attached to Lincoln’s head. I always like to find lamination errors with a piece still attached. Makes me wonder how it could stay attached after 68 years in circulation.

[makecents]

Another cool looking lam for your collection, congrats!! It is crazy how they hang on that long!

[jfines69]

Cool find... By the looks of it that may extend farther into the hair??? Can't tell for sure as the lite reflection makes it a little difficult... Also is that laminations on the rev???

[retiredcopper]

Cool find... By the looks of it that may extend farther into the hair??? Can't tell for sure as the lite reflection makes it a little difficult... Also is that laminations on the rev???

At first glance, I thought the reverse also had a lamination error but when I looked at it under the microscope camera it was just PMD.
The obverse lam does extend into the hair.

[jfines69]

At first glance, I thought the reverse also had a lamination error but when I looked at it under the microscope camera it was just PMD.
The obverse lam does extend into the hair.

Cool... Thanks for the follow up... To bad... That would have been an even cooler looking lam... I thought I could see a separation line showing in the hair... Now I know I wasn't just seeing things again

[GrumpyEd]

Makes me wonder how it could stay attached after 68 years in circulation.

Might be because when it was new the lam was tight in place and you might barely see it or it only looked like a streak. After a long time moisture and use help stuff get in there and lift it, that's when it is easier to get ripped off.

It would be interesting if some of the forum folks that open a lot of old OBWs post any fresh coins with a lam.
I have opened a lot of OBW rolls, found tiny flecks but almost never a big lam that was lifted. It would be interesting to see how they look when new. I know that I find lots of them on circulated coins but not on uncs and assume they are so tight they're barely noticeable. So post em if you got em

[jfines69]

Might be because when it was new the lam was tight in place and you might barely see it or it only looked like a streak. After a long time moisture and use help stuff get in there and lift it, that's when it is easier to get ripped off.

It would be interesting if some of the forum folks that open a lot of old OBWs post any fresh coins with a lam.
I have opened a lot of OBW rolls, found tiny flecks but almost never a big lam that was lifted. It would be interesting to see how they look when new. I know that I find lots of them on circulated coins but not on uncs and assume they are so tight they're barely noticeable. So post em if you got em

Thanks Ed... This question went totally out the window on me

[Sheila ruley]

Awesome! Nice find.