2006 Five Cent Coin With Multiple Cracks

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JustRandomCoins Valued Member Australia 101 Posts	Posted 04/23/2026 08:55 am Planchet error? Or not a minting error at all, just PMD AGWIN I'm not sure Edited by JustRandomCoins 04/23/2026 6:42 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 04/23/2026 9:00 pm Coins rarely crack along their edges like that, either from a mint error or PMD. That the cracks seem to coincide with the odd staining and corrosion, makes me think all of it - the stains, the cracks, and the corrosion - has a single cause, rather than a sequence of improbable events (Occam's Razor again). My first thought is that it's another superglued coin, with the superglue having been removed but the coin damaged from the force of wrenching the coin off of whatever it was superglued to, and stained from having been stuck there for a while. But I'm not really happy with that explanation since if this were the case, I'd expect to see more evidence of violence, like scrapes or tool-marks. Once again, proving "it's a mint error" would be much easier if the coin were not environmentally damaged. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
JustRandomCoins Valued Member Australia 101 Posts	Posted 04/23/2026 10:13 pm Maybe there will help? I soaked it in acetone over night. The shiny parts seem to be the normalised parts and it runs with the crackz. Kinda cool. Edited by JustRandomCoins 04/23/2026 10:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73628 Posts	Posted 04/23/2026 11:47 pm I'm thinking PMD on this one. I agree with Sap. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
JustRandomCoins Valued Member Australia 101 Posts	Posted 04/25/2026 02:26 am The more research I do on the 5c the more I also conclude it has to be PMD. As you know they are a solid mix alloy with no cladding, although it appears to have lost a cladding it was never meant to have in the first place. I cleaned it in acetone over night again and and took some more photos, so I may as well include them. It weighs 2.74grans perfect weight. The very reason it cannot be a mint error leads to me think it shouldn't be a post mint error either. How could it have three different tones or different looking metals is a guess at best. With no obvious tampering to boot. What I would really like to know is Why do both sides have rainbow look to them? How it got a raised split between obverse and reversE all the way aroun, collar error? Why does one side appear slightly thinner? How is it the different apparent layers flow perfectly with the raised cracks? The raised cracks are a cracked die? If it in fact a solid cupronickel alloy how does it get a rough grainy look to part of it? Maybe someone tried plating it, exactly matching how a normal 5c coin. Appreciate your help. It's a mystery Edited by JustRandomCoins 04/25/2026 02:33 am Report this Post to the Staff
SallyG Valued Member Australia 382 Posts	Posted 04/25/2026 07:22 am Relax. It's just PMD. That coin has seen a lot of rough handling during circulation. There are lots of things that can happen out in the 'wild' that can cause those effects that you are seeing. Rainbow toning can happen to uncirculated coins and some collectors like it. I have a couple of uncirculated coins with that effect and have put them into capsules hoping to preserve the effect. Nice while it lasts anyway. In any event, the bottom line is its a case of "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". If the things you see on the coin are what you are looking for then that's a 'win' for you. I like to look for out of the ordinary features on coins and I enjoy collecting them. If I found a coin like that one I would just toss it back into circulation. Happy hunting. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187582 Posts	Posted 04/27/2026 10:11 am I agree as well, PMD. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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