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New Member
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Came across this in some change at my store, looks like it was struck incredibly hard even compared to nickels from same mint around the same time Ps hello all been following the forum for sometime now, finally decided to make a profile Thnx ahead of time   |
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New Member
 United States
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Please relocate if in the wrong spot
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Pillar of the Community
United States
589 Posts |
Looks like a normal nickel to me. In order to make it high relief, the die itself needs to be engraved deeper...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It looks like the coin was "hammered" by less than great dies.
Bad dies without much detail was common for the era and even master dis and hubs lacked complete detail in most instances. "Hammered" means the planchet received a very good impression from the dies which can be caused by several factors such as well aligned high pressure.
This isn't extremely unusual for the date and usually won't carry much premium even in Unc unless it's Full Steps (this one wasn't) or extremely clean or PL.
It's pretty remarkable how worn these old coins are getting after half a century in circulation. There aren't so many left compared to the staggering mintage.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Moderator
 United States
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Yeah, 1950-D is going to reflect its' true rarity in the next 10 years or so. The "circulation cameo" effect is improving the contrast around the devices and making them look even more sharply struck than they already are.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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In a way, it is "high relief". When you compare it to the coins
you see in circulation most today, it should look that way. I
know that I should know the exact year that the mint started making
all of our coins low relief, but I don't off the top of my head.
Point is that today's nickels ARE low relief compared to 1964.
Maybe it's just playing tricks on your senses because you are
used to seeing the low reliefs that fill our pocket change today.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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the 1964-d is the most common Jefferson nickel in my opinion. they minted tons of this date and mint. if you think it's high relief, maybe it was one of the first batch of nickels struck on new dies. but to me I would say, normal nickel normal wear. Tony |
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New Member
United States
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Thanks for all of the replies
After further research and to y'all's replies
I believe this to be a normal as heck nickel thats
Just been worn down appearing to be struck harder
Or maybe it was one of the first on a new die like mentioned
Just a normal nickel I now believe
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Unfortunately nothing special. |
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