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Hi guys...Came across this 1952-2002 nickel in my change..Take a look at the pictures below.


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 Used as a fuse in a car..?
 Used as a fuse in a hydro panel..?
 A very bored welder..?
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Breach of the multi-ply copper and nickel plating, and rusting (blistering) of the steel core.
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Those don't look like weld marks to me
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It was definitely in a damp environment because of the beaver side. It looks like 2 drops of something corrosive fell on the coin on it on the other side, just a quick quess.
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The marks on the obverse match the marks on the reverse. Hard to say just what happened.
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