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Mystery Nickel- Just Looking For An Answer And Possible Explanation! Please And Thank You!

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 Posted 01/23/2025  06:30 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nickelsearcher to your friends list
Nice photos to capture the look.

with acid bath for a long time.
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 Posted 01/23/2025  07:07 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list
Definitely exposure to a corrosive environment rather than an error. I'd be interested in knowing the weight as it has lost a large percentage of its mass. Thx for posting!
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 Posted 01/23/2025  07:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oddguy to your friends list
I have a Dime just like that, taken it to several experts who say the same thing, it has been dipped in acid. I still have it and probably always will only because I do not want someone to think it is an error and spend money to see if it is authentic.
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 Posted 01/23/2025  08:03 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list
Agree with all above. Keep it as a fun curiosity.
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 Posted 01/23/2025  09:37 am  Show Profile   Check Pacificoin's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Pacificoin to your friends list
Acid or dug out of a sewer pipe
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 Posted 01/23/2025  12:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list

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I agree as well.
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 Posted 01/23/2025  12:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tacc to your friends list
That's an extreme example of acid corrosion. I'd keep 'er.
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 Posted 01/23/2025  12:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list
I agree. It's a victim of acid damage. PMD.
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 Posted 01/23/2025  4:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Marv65 to your friends list
Crazy that was in circulation!
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 Posted 01/23/2025  6:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list
I assume it's also considerably smaller than a normal nickel. Acid attacks all sides evenly - including the edge, making the coin smaller in diameter.

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I concur. Technically, since that coin has lost so much mass, it's way below the legal minimum weight of a nickel and so it's no longer legal tender.
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 Posted 01/23/2025  10:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Greasy Fingers to your friends list
I'd say you're still owed 4 cents...go back to the shop and demand 4 more cents
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 Posted 01/24/2025  01:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add HondoB to your friends list
Greasy, I think that Sherrow01 has gotten more than 4 cents of enjoyment from this pickel (penny nickel).
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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 Posted 01/26/2025  4:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sherrow01 to your friends list
Many thanks to ALL of your input. I'd say.... mystery solved! Thanks. :)
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 Posted 01/26/2025  4:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Chase007 to your friends list
I agree with Acid dipped coin.
Today I posted a sample of a Quarter can be seen at the topic below, but good thing you found it, for me was a lost investment at the early days of collecting
http://goccf.com/t/475777
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