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Jefferson Weak Die Strike? Or Something Else?

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 Posted 01/19/2012  10:40 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add still lookin to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
What is the cause of the lack of details on this Jefferson nickel? Edges on the coin appear normal. Any advice appreciated.



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 Posted 01/20/2012  06:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks to be a deteriorated die,very common on the '80's.
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Larger images would help. To me it looks like a low pressure strike but I can't see if the central devices are weak. A keeper from what I can see.
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Sometimes this effect is caused by someone grinding off the periphery of the coin. However, if the coin is normal weight, then the most likely explanation is that this nickel was struck on a blank rather than a planchet. Lacking the proto-rim imparted by the upset mill, the peripheral parts of the design and the design rim have trouble striking up.

Nickels from this time period are particularly susceptible to this kind of weakness, as both dies are strongly convex in vertical cross section, with the convexity strongest at the periphery of the die.
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This nickel has the same weight as a normal nickel.
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What I found interesting was the missing devices on the top of the montecello and the steps not even there.
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