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1988 D Nickel Struck Thru?

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I found this one the other day. I'm thinking it's Struck Through Grease. What I'm looking at is the waves throughout the obverse. I was just wondering if it's worth keeping or throw in the change bucket?

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This is a symptom of heavy die wear. It's relatively common on 80's nickels partly due to how hard nickel is
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Those are called "die flow lines". The surface metal is displaced after many impressions, happens in VLDS (very late die stage), sometimes mint will attempt die polishing ( which is reason of strike thru/filled dies), but with the heavy die crack at lower left of bust, this die is a candidate for retirement.

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Cool, thanks guys
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