Palestine mil 1927 imperfection query

[Buttface]

Howdo all,

 

I'm new here but have been lurking around for a little while. I collect British colonial and came across this today on ebay (pics below). I know there are a lot of fakes/copies out there in general but all looks as a genuine coin, paricularly as the one mil is the most freely available of the protectorate series and therefore cheap. However, I'm curious about the 'issues' in the field on the reverse of this one. I have seen this on faked/copied coins. While I don't queston that this coin is a fake (well, 99.9% sure as you never know nowadays), I'm wondering how the imperfection arises as I assume the planchets are clean when they're placed into the die.

 

Does anyone have an opinion?

 

By the way, the coin is from here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Uncirculated-1927-Palestine-Mil-Foreign-Coin-Free-S-H-/231831552202?hash=item35fa3cc0ca:g:1R4AAOSwa-dWrkeB

 

 

 

 

Cheers,

BF

Edited February 6, 2016 by Buttface

[bagerap]

It looks like a lamination error to me, which is something I've not seen on Palestinian coins before.

 

[Buttface]

Thanks bagerap.

 

I did wonder that, but thought the letters in the middle of 'Palestine' would have been affected as well but maybe not for a minor delamination.

 

Cheers,

 

[Colin G.]

I think that ay actually be some form of adhesive on the coin rather than a lamination of the surface, the letters do not appear to be damaged, which you would expect with lamination

[Buttface]

On 06/02/2016 at 11:22 PM, Colin G. said:

I think that ay actually be some form of adhesive on the coin rather than a lamination of the surface, the letters do not appear to be damaged, which you would expect with lamination

Nice call! I'd go with that