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2003-P Nickel Error-Have No Idea What Type Of Error To Call It

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 Posted 01/06/2026  09:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list
Could the nickel possibly be a Dryer Coin?
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 Posted 01/06/2026  11:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list
Please rename your photos when you upload them so they are unique.

This post uses err2.jpg, err3jpg, etc. These are terrible names when you use them over and over!

You can rename the files on the upload screen...

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 Posted 01/06/2026  4:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mikeyworms to your friends list
hope these photos are better sorry about the confusion

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 Posted 01/06/2026  6:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Marv65 to your friends list
Still got me by the tomatoes - if it is a dry Dryer Coin then that's the strangest one I've ever seen.
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 Posted 01/06/2026  8:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Greasy Fingers to your friends list
To the poster...when stacked on top of another nickel, is it the same diameter?
I'm wondering if this could be some type of an encasement?....
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 Posted 01/06/2026  9:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list
A diameter check would be very welcome. Thinking Dryer Coin, but waiting for a diameter assessment.
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I'm wondering if this could be some type of an encasement?.

Interesting idea..........
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 Posted 01/06/2026  9:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Marv65 to your friends list

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I'll go with Dryer Coin, now that I see both sides..


Why? There is nothing wrong with the obverse - how would only one side get the rim rolled over on it? If anything, seeing both sides would make me question if it was an actual Dryer Coin.
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 Posted 01/06/2026  9:19 pm  Show Profile   Check Brandmeister's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Brandmeister to your friends list
I had a nickel with a similar but less extreme foldover a while back. Mike Diamond diagnosed that as the rim metal getting scraped into a thin apron over the edge of the letters. That looks like the same thing here. I bet you could force a toothpick under that folded metal. As for what did that to a nickel—and to the reverse only—I don't have a good guess. Something scraped the rim metal from all directions over the lettering. Could be a washing machine coin that got scraped all over the bottom repeatedly, or maybe the coin was used to level out a table leg from the floor.
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 Posted 01/06/2026  10:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mikediamond to your friends list
Brandmeister correctly summarized the situation. The part of the edge closest to the reverse was mechanically battered, which caused a thin apron of metal to migrate over the reverse letters. Usually the effect is seen on both faces.
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The part of the edge closest to the reverse was mechanically battered, which caused a thin apron of metal to migrate over the reverse letters.


"And that's the rest of the story".........."Good day"!
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 Posted 01/06/2026  11:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add snailking1 to your friends list
Interesting!
I'll bookmark this one for reference!
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 Posted 01/07/2026  06:33 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dearborn to your friends list

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Why? There is nothing wrong with the obverse -

oh, never mind , There are so many images of the reverse, my brain got stuck on the damage..
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