1943 D Jefferson planchet defect?

[Ronald Ozimek]

What type of defect do you suspect this coin has? At 1st I thought it had a rim to rim die crack but then noticed the problem is on both sides of the coin in the same area. I included a close up and pictures of the front/ back of this 1943 D Jefferson. I'll start with lamination error?
1943 D die crack or lam close up.jpg 1943 D die crack or lam rev - Copy.jpg 1943 D die crack or lam obv - Copy.jpg

[MintErrors]

In my opinion, yes.
The war nickels were plagued with a lot of lamination issues.
It was probably due to the mixture of alloys and the silver.
I think it was 35% silver, around 5% maganese and the rest copper.

[Ronald Ozimek]

Thanks. This coin has a nice set of steps compared to the many I have been looking through. Perhaps good enough to get a FS designation? 1943 D die crack or lam steps.jpg

[eaxtellcoin]

Ron, Be carefull who you send that one two. Read there grading policies. I'm pretty sure PCGS does not grade laminations.
Just trying to save you some $$$.
Eric

[MintErrors]

Thanks. This coin has a nice set of steps compared to the many I have been looking through. Perhaps good enough to get a FS designation?

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As Eric stated, be careful on this one.
I am not sure how high a magnification they use for full step designation.
Consider the return on investment.

I deal with lamination all the time and rarely do i receive more than what it would cost to get the coin authenticated, slabbed and returned. I only purchase those pre-slabbed.

If your keeping it for yourself or passing it onto some one else, then initial costs seem to matter less.

There are a lot of war nickel laminations out there. The final decision of what to do with this coin will be yours. Consider the length of time it takes to get back, cost of the service (to include shipping) and associated risks.