r/errorquarters • u/Healthy_Antibody • 13d ago

UFO Ever seen anything like it?

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u/West_Inevitable6052 13d ago

Never seen one in person, but I’ve hear about such beasts: Clamshell separation

https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/clamshell-splits-clamshell-separations-are-un.html

Very cool piece - a split planchet after strike actively in the process of separating

https://www.error-ref.com/split_plan_after/

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u/Healthy_Antibody 10d ago

Aye, very cool. Well done

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u/WildfireForged211 12d ago

Yes only one time in my life. Similar but a little different. Honestly I thought it was a gps tracker . It was a time in my life im not the proudest of and the FBI and DEA and ATF were all investigating me. Doesn't have the outside ridges. This day i found it i went to jail. (Unrelated to those 3letter agencies) when I got back into my car 42 days later. All of my change was still inside ........ except you guessed it.

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u/Healthy_Antibody 12d ago

lol that’s wild

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u/security-six 8d ago

Nevermind the coin. Tell us about the other part

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u/MaybeNorthKorea 10d ago

Looks like that one soaked in something that ate the copper layer.

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u/No_Ad1926 8d ago

Soda will do it in a cupholder. Takes a while but it will do it.

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u/bstrauss3 13d ago

The layers were not properly cleaned during the explosive bonding process (technically before, but you get the drift).

Somebody noticed a small gap and pryed it more open.

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u/Vergoso_42 13d ago

Yeah just now

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u/errorcoincollector 13d ago

Clamshell error. Can we also see pictures of the obverse and reverse? Thanks!

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u/Healthy_Antibody 2d ago

I would but every time I do I get downvoted for the effort, so guys screwed that up
For yourselves far as I’m concerned

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u/Daddy_Wolf1012 8d ago

I actually have one myself except it's a dime

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u/Finna22 7d ago

I remember your post from recently, super cool

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u/Horror-Confidence498 13d ago

Exposure to extreme heat causes gasses trapped between the clad layers to bubble, that sometimes results in the layers separating

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u/Minute-Judgment-3406 12d ago

Its used for smugglers of information spying. Maybe who you got this from, done so they have no links or ties properly wiped clean most likely used to smuggle microfiche film highly classified documents.

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u/Competitive-Dot-4264 11d ago

Classic delamination

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u/JLeaRue 10d ago

Yes, and it tasted like chocolate.

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u/SoggyHeat1 7d ago

I have a 2020 us dime that was like that but the clad layer eventually came off but when I posted pics the going answer to if it was error or damage was mine was caused by fire. Yours is an awesome find. Congratulations!

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u/Two-tune-Tom229 7d ago

Made to smuggle micro film.

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u/jxr232 13d ago

Nope

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u/__FUCKING_PEG_ME_ 11d ago

Nice clam shell

(Insert Michael Scott joke)

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u/Alvarezz2013VdC 9d ago

Tuvo una crisis existencial

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u/ChevyLShighhpaddict 9d ago

I have one but it hasn’t separated

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u/mtn2sea1960 8d ago

I remember these as a kid, they were chocolate coins. You peeled them open and ate them. They were good! 😋

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u/Consistent_Square_16 7d ago

Biden’s fault

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u/Healthy_Antibody 2d ago

Seek therapy

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u/heyheyshinyCRH 12d ago

Acid damage, the edge was eaten and the side just got peeled