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Hello everyone. My name is Andy and very new to this forum. I have found it fascinating! Well my dad has found this nickel. It's from 1964. It appears to be all copper. The lip is very strong in most areas and almost none in one spot. Also, the thickness narrows on the bottom. I hope the pictures help. Do you have any thoughts? It weighs 4.9g. Thanks again.    |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks like coop has answered your question so I'll just echo the  Keep your eyes open and let us see what you find,we're here to help. |
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Welcome to the forum.
Looks discolored. Sometimes if you bury a nickel or clad coin in sand, they turn a reddish color like this. As in Coops pic, a copper planchet is smaller, won't take all the details of the strike (as it is thinner)and will have a somewhat irregular shape. Parts of the deisgn that are cut off will often show some extra metal flow toward the rims.
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Once wear sets in again the nickel color will come back when the surface color gets rubbed off.
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Thank you very much for your time giving me this information. One more question. There was a good size scratch on it but it was a bright copper color underneath? What would this mean?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Probably the scratch happened before it was homeless. Try rubbing the edge and see if you can see the nickel on the coin. If it comes off is was from being outside. There is no way it could be solid copper the size of the nickel planchet.
They are all copper (75%) nickel (25%). (Answering the thread question.)
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10/05/2013 7:43 pm
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I have a 1996 "copper-coated nickel" (according to a coin dealer who says he's been in the game for 30 years). Other than that proclamation he had nothing else to offer. The nickel has small, peeled off areas and underneath is what appears to be a normal nickel planchet. What or why or who would do this?
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Enviormental damage turns the color outside the nickel. Removing one part of it shows what is under the color.
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As I posted above, look at the color difference on the 1967 nickel on a copper planchet. Note how the letters are cut off on the edge because the planchet is smaller and thinner. Keep in mind the nickel planchets are 75% copper and 25% nickel. But the color on your coin shows me a turned regular nickel. The color is just dark enough to be a copper planchet.  |
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Posted 10/04/2013 10:39 pm
