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1979 Jefferson Nickel Color?

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 Posted 03/10/2015  10:10 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add dpatronick to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi forum. Hope this isn't a stupid question. I'm new to collecting and was wondering if this nickel just has environmental damage? Someone said its just dirt. I was hoping it was a missing clad layer. Sorry if this is a silly question.

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 Posted 03/10/2015  10:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Altaira to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nickels aren't clad, but made from a solid cupronickel alloy. So it cannot be missing clad.
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 Posted 03/10/2015  10:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverStackerKid to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
SlurExe97 is 100% correct. Environmental damage.
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 Posted 03/10/2015  10:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CelticKnot to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply


And that's not a stupid question. Keep hunting and come back with your finds.
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 Posted 03/10/2015  11:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dpatronick to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Ty for the info. I am love all the input and info I am gaining. Love collecting and looking at every coin I come across.
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 Posted 03/11/2015  11:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add T-BOP to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thinking the nickel was in the ground for a while , picked up corrosion ,then harshly cleaned. just IMO
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It's just a dirty coin which has been "circulation cameoed" by handling. Dirt won't stick where your fingers are rubbing it in circulation.
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Scarry looking coin.
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you don't learn if you don't ask!
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 Posted 04/06/2015  6:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DaSlayer to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It looks like environmental damage to me.
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Could be combo of ED and PMD.
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Looks like ED to me
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