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Lamination Error Or Die Issue On This 1992-D Nickel?

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I came across this coin at work today. What the heck is this?

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When I run my fingernail across what looks to be a "ridge" between the "U" in "TRUST" and Jefferson's nose, I cannot feel a "ridge". It is just as flat as the rest of the coin. Perhaps it is too small to feel? Dunno...
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It looks like a stain.
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That's what I was thinking too.
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Nope, not a stain. I just had my wife feel it with her nails (hers are long) and she's telling me that she feels a difference in height where the "ridge" is located.

Uhh....that last paragraph sounded a little weird when I read it back to myself. Gotta keep my mind outta the gutter.

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It looks as if something has eaten into the surface of the coin. Maybe some kind of chemical that took a layer off of the top of the coin.

Maybe someone wanted to try Nic-A-Date on a coin to see what it would do before using it on a Buffalo nickel or maybe it was just damaged by some kind of acid.

It doesn't look like lamination and I don't know of anything that would cause this at the mint. My very uneducated guess is post mint damage.

VERY uneducated!

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it wasn't done in the mint: PMD.
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It looks as if something has eaten into the surface of the coin. Maybe some kind of chemical that took a layer off of the top of the coin.


After thinking about it for a while, I have come to the same conclusion. A corrosive substance must have somehow gotten onto the coin's surface.
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