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nickpicker Valued Member United States 210 Posts	Posted 06/12/2014 11:52 pm What do you think... Buried for awhile, painted, plated? Everything is black, including the rim. Report this Post to the Staff

Indian1 Pillar of the Community United States 3640 Posts	Posted 06/13/2014 12:09 am Could be an annealing process problem with the planchet. Most likely just environmental damage though. If it were an annealing error the color would go all the way through the coin. Only way to tell that is to cut a scratch or gouge in it and look. If the black is just on the surfaces of the coin you can scrape a tiny bit of the edge off and if normal color under it then just damage. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 06/13/2014 07:14 am Type in the search box upper left of page: black nickel John1 Report this Post to the Staff
nickpicker Valued Member United States 210 Posts	Posted 06/13/2014 08:55 am I searched the forum, and it appears most of the "black beauties" are from the 50's. And they are supposed to be more of a dark gray color rather than black. So I guess mine is most likely environmental damage. But I'm keeping it! Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 06/13/2014 10:02 am Affected by strong heat. I have one or twice had fun blackening nickels like this myself, by resting them on a red hot element of an electric stove. I put them back into circulation, just for fun, and to anonymously engage other peoples' curiosity. PMD. Report this Post to the Staff
nickpicker Valued Member United States 210 Posts	Posted 06/13/2014 11:41 am Maybe it's one of yours! Report this Post to the Staff
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