1901 Farthing

[Shleppodella1]

Is this a die crack on the border of catastrophic failure or a lamination above 'fARthing' and there's the die crack above 'H' going into the left leg side of the 'H' and it has that white residue by the tip of the trident to go along with the Verdigris going down the shaft and on 'I'. Now I tried a light one directional rubbing with Q-tip and Acetone and it remained so dirt and stuff should've been removed , but it does help highlight the die crack some.

[occnumis2021]

looks like improper metal mixture aka lamination error OR just crud on the surface. tough to tell from the images, for me.

[Shleppodella1]

OK thank you. I added another picture.

[MintErrors]

Yeah, agreed. Improper alloy mix or a lamination issue. They used to be described as defective planchet if it did not fit within one of the well known descriptions.

When metal is rolled over and over like dough to make it longer and to desired thickness it doesn't always come out perfect. Those imperfections remain on the sheets of metal and are pushed into planchets. Then heated and then struck into coins. Imperfections then can be brittle or layers of metal will separate or flake off.

[eaxtellcoin]

Moving this topic to the proper forum. Please take the time to post the topics in the proper forum.
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