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@foo, can you please add a picture of the edge to this thread? Thx.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Fooltraveln, Please properly crop photos before posting them...thanks. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Two or three end-on pics might help. Interesting.
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Forum Dad
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It is definitely copper just not sure if it would be worth sending to be graded Why, exactly, do you say that? I ask because it certainly does not look like copper at all. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I think the photos are throwing the color off a little but this is definitely a nickel struck on a cent planchet.
It has a copper color and the correct weight and well worth sending in as these are $200+ off metal errors.
I've seen that damage on these errors before so it may be mint related. Not sure though.
Neat error!
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Pillar of the Community
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the tooling marks, like that at Unum, are suspicious
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Moderator
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I'd like to see better images showing the true color of this coin. it shows a nickelish color as well as some copper colors too.
an edge on image may help as well.
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Pillar of the Community
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the colors, with the copper wash at the deeper areas, are a better match for a clad planchet, such as a dime, but the weight is too high to be a dime
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Bedrock of the Community
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I am pretty sure that this was struck on a cent planchet. Weight is correct and you can see the copper color.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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To me the tapered edge below USA and above his head seem suspect.
Shouldn't the edge just "drop away" with an authentic nickel on a cent planchet?
Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Pillar of the Community
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This nickel was struck on a cent blank with pre-strike damage. This form of damage, which seems to be from some sort of pincer, is rather common on off-metal errors, particularly nickels struck on cent blanks. The damage is actually quite uncommon on nickels struck on the proper planchet.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Pillar of the Community
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This nickel was struck on a cent blank with pre-strike damage. That's the only hypothesis that makes cents to me. Had to have been damaged pre-strike. Very cool find!! |
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Well then, congrats on a great find
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