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2014 P Nickel Possible Design Creep

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 Posted 05/09/2016  12:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DesignCreeper to your friends list
ummm.... I have. I have sold MANY of these coins. have you done any research on these coins?
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 Posted 05/15/2016  6:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DesignCreeper to your friends list
Current Raw Prices for BU 'Design Creep' is >$55! sales are based on buy-it-now. Auctions are too risky based on how new this is and how far the information has traveled.
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 Posted 05/15/2016  8:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
I'd snag all you can get in your area. They might be one to not let get away. they have just been released in your area.
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 Posted 05/20/2016  1:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DesignCreeper to your friends list
Information on 'Design Creep' and NGC. NGC's Mint Expert has decided that this is a Worn die. NGC's Mint expert will NOT explain anything! They can't explain where all the nickels in between the correct face and 'design creep'. The Mint Expert also can't explain why the lettering goes over the edge either! Nor why the surface is blotchy and not smooth (All worn dies still maintain smooth surface, just loss of details).

Whoever stated NGC was the best needs to Explain to me why!! Expert con company if you ask me!
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 Posted 05/23/2016  8:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DesignCreeper to your friends list
Could there have been liquid on the planchet or die when struck. still trying to figure out the reasoning behind the Bumpy surface. Worn die doesn't explain that, or does it? and if it does explain it, how come there are no other such example in any year or mint mark?

I'm just severely baffled. I'm currently trying to contact the Mint for their information. I heard from 'skip', at ICG, that the part that would be contacted closed...?!? sent my letter to MINT HQ.
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 Posted 05/24/2016  10:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mikediamond to your friends list
The cottage cheese texture in the center of the reverse face is another manifestation of this die deformation error.
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 Posted 05/24/2016  11:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Cascade to your friends list
Jeepers creepers my wide open peepers!

Nice stash DesignCreeper!

Have you asked anacs if they will slab them as design creep?
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 Posted 05/24/2016  2:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DesignCreeper to your friends list
They didn't even flinch!

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 Posted 05/24/2016  2:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DesignCreeper to your friends list
Has the cottage cheese surface appeared on other uncirculated coins? where could I find the image?
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 Posted 05/24/2016  2:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mikediamond to your friends list
I have not seen the cottage cheese texture in association with any other die deformation or any coin for that matter. Like the flared die face, this pattern of deformation is unique among US coins.
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 Posted 05/24/2016  2:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
Mike: Could this be a case of that die didn't get tempered before it was used?
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 Posted 05/25/2016  07:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mikediamond to your friends list
It could trace back to improper heat treatment (annealing, tempering, quenching), poor quality die steel, or the wrong grade of steel. There's no way for me to tease apart these possibilities.
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 Posted 05/25/2016  2:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
If just one die is affected, then I would reason it wasn't tempered. If there were several dies affected, I would lean towards the stock material issue.
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 Posted 05/25/2016  3:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mikediamond to your friends list
Since it's just one die, you're probably right that faulty heat treatment is the cause.
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 Posted 08/02/2017  04:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add man2004 to your friends list
I'm going to start looking for these in rolls
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