Flakes, Flaking
Flakes, Flaking. A thin surface layer of metal peeling away or off of a coin, particularly a clad coin, or from a die. See laminating error. An impressed object is said to flake off if it is removed from its surface position. See impressed design, impressed error, dropped letter.
excerpted with permission from
An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology
For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators
COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON
Roger W. Burdette, Editor