1998 Nickel Without Raised Rim - Coin Community Forum

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phantom New Member Canada 2 Posts	Posted 07/22/2012 9:32 pm I received this nickel in change and am curious as to why there would not be a raised rim. Is it from wear? It seems pretty even. Report this Post to the Staff

Wade Pillar of the Community Canada 2781 Posts	Posted 07/22/2012 9:38 pm rim has been ground down, or stuck on a dime planchet (how thick is it compared to a dime?), clear pics would help Report this Post to the Staff
ErrorCoins222 Pillar of the Community United States 1699 Posts	Posted 07/22/2012 10:30 pm Not struck on a dime planchet, just artificially worn. If it were struck on a dime planchet, it would be smaller, some of the details would be stretched, and, more than likely would not be completely centered. Report this Post to the Staff
phantom New Member Canada 2 Posts	Posted 07/22/2012 11:42 pm It is definitely thicker than a dime. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 07/23/2012 12:08 am A small digital scale would be useful for things like this. If it is underweight, then definitely PMD. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
pennysaver Pillar of the Community Canada 937 Posts	Posted 07/24/2012 8:33 pm Is that a flat mark on the beaver's butt? Lay a flat edge across both rim areas and passing over the beaver's behind -- if they're all dead even then it most likely was ground. Report this Post to the Staff
tfred Pillar of the Community Canada 627 Posts	Posted 07/25/2012 07:41 am Dryer coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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