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I have found yellowish silver coins. Looks like it could be silver.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Which of course it (partly) is. I think it was cleaned with some substance that lightly discolored the surface under the gray oxidation, which remains in the protected areas.
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09/07/2018 6:11 pm
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There could be a lot going on, being of 50+ years old it could have seen lots of action. Coins tone very differently, it could have been buried, or under water or stuck in cola.
all of these things could change the tone of the coin. This could have been plated gold or copper at one time.
These are the more likely reasons to the difference, however there is a chance your coin is off-metal.
Can you please weigh the coin and let us know, also is this magnetic or not?
Lastly to truly know what he coin is made of you will need to find someone with an XRF machine to really know if this is off metal.
God Luck.
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I have a few BU that are toned yellow gold Ish. Seems right
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I have a few BU that are toned yellow gold Ish. Seems right  ,some of mine have toned goldish too . |
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On CCF, all Jefferson nickels are classified as modern coins, so I moved your post to the appropriate section for the proper attention.  |
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You can't tell anything by weighing the coin since the nominal weight for both standard and war-composition nickels is I believe 5.0 grams. If you take it to a coin or pawn shop with XRF equipment you can verify the composition.
Unlikely to be a wrong planchet error and as noted the color is a poor indicator.
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The collar on Jefferson's coat looks to have what might be a typical lamination which is far more common on War Nickels. I'd say it's a normal War Nickel planchet. Edited by TNG
09/07/2018 10:07 pm
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Or is it possible that someone at the US Mint purposely made some Nickels out of Gold?  |
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Did the OP weigh the Nic?
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