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Raised Circle In The Field Of A Nickle

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 Posted 06/02/2013  11:49 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add don in nmkt to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Can anyone explain this raised circle on a 2001P nickle. I have 5 of these all from the same year.....none from any other year. TIA

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 Posted 06/02/2013  10:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add pennysaver to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi don

I don't know what it is, but I think it must be damage to the working die itself. I have nickels in a few years between 2002 and the present with this very same marking; some coins have only one circle, others have a few, and there are slight variations in size as well. The reason I think it must be a mark in the die is the fact that a couple of the nickels of the same year have these rings in the exact same spot on each, although from year to year the spots are in different places.

So what would leave rings like this on the die? They look like bubble rings to me, so if the die was cleaned or otherwise exposed to a caustic element or acid that left small bubbles, and not properly wiped off, I suppose that a small ring might be eaten into the face of the die. I'm not basing this theory on anything but conjecture, but it sounds plausible at any rate.
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 Posted 06/02/2013  10:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Alexer to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It looks really nice. Do you have any other pictures because it looks like you might have a few things going on there?
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 Posted 06/04/2013  08:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add don in nmkt to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Pennyman, what do you mean by "other pictures"? Of the same coin or others I have with the same marking?
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 Posted 06/05/2013  03:20 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Alexer to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I just meant from a different angle or maybe different lighting it is a little hard to see what all is going on there.
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 Posted 06/05/2013  2:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kuh_85 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Also, could you post a picture of the entire coin showing the location of the circle?
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 Posted 06/07/2013  10:06 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add don in nmkt to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry I do not have equipment to to show a quality picture of the whole coin. I can explain that the circle is located directly above the beaver's back.
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