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Is This An Error...maybe A Grease Filled Die?

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So I rolled searched a box of nickels for the first time...and I have to say it was quite boring...

I found nothing until the last three rolls...And then I found a dateless Buffalo

And than this 1999 nickel. The reverse is in AU to BU condition the obverse looks ugly. At first glance I thought damage...but considering the back I am think an error...maybe a Grease Filled Die.

Any opinions (I took three pics of the obverse to try to capture different light angles)?

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 Posted 03/20/2011  7:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add td5173 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It looks like worn dies to me. The experts will know for sure.
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eh, I'm gonna give it a shot and say worn dies, VERY worn. I can see that "wrinkled skin" look on the reverse.
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Can't say about the Nickel, but those are great photos!! ;)
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 Posted 03/21/2011  01:47 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add schnauzer to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Really! How do you take such awesome photos?
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Thanks....

These were taken with my wife's Canon Rebel SLR...sitting on my porch. Coin is on a piece of white paper and it was a overcast 42 degree day in Michigan.

If anything I would probably give most of the credit for a good photo to the camera.



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Well it is both. The dies that struck the nickel are in the LDS/VLDS die state. And the coin has a struck through error on both sides. The reverse has less great affect to it. I would save that one. When they get extreme, people do collect them.
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