1964 Nickel On Dime Planchet

It's genuine, and I'll give a few reasons why: There is strong deformation due to metal flow in almost all of the peripheral wording. This is something that cannot be reproduced post-strike. The weight is consistent with a silver dime and it has toned like silver would. The central design is weakly struck because there was not enough metal to fill these gaps within the dies.




The edge near the nose WILL be different than the edge near the date. This is because the edge near the date was resting against the collar when the coin was struck and the other portion of the edge was not.




A grinder or file will leave file marks and that is not present on this coin. The edge struck by the collar does not have file marks, so it could not have previously been an off center coin. The edge not struck by the collar is also smooth, without file marks.

Maybe I misread the OPs comments, but I took him to be telling us what it is, sharing. I don't think the coin's owner is doubting it's validity, but rather offering us a chance to learn more.

Agreeing with the attribution of a genuine nickel struck on a silver dime planchet, I think PCGS would grade the coin (yeah, a numerical grade) somewhere between VF and XF. The thin planchet throws the appearance of wear and would take an in-hand examination to accurately say with certainty.

Remember, all 3 TPGs are guilty of grading BU quarter on dime stock errors as AU... grading will always be an opinion, but I don't think getting the coin into a normal holder (which will make it more sellable) will be a problem at all.

Neat coin, thanks for evoking some thought!

This is fantastic! Thanks for sharing!