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New Member
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Hello,everyone I'm here today to get everyone's opinion On what they think this could possibly be. It's a 2004 Jefferson nickel that I believe to be a die adjustment strike or maybe just a super soft press images are below.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 Your coin was Struck Through Grease, a fairly common occurrence but your example is more severe than most. The key diagnostic for a die adjustment strike would be poorly formed rims in addition to uniformly weak peripheral devices. Dies clogged with grease produce random weakness, as seen on your coin. |
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you so much for your information on my coin and the new found knowledge I have on die adjustment strikes too . So this Jefferson nickel must have been pressed threw a large amount of grease for the detail to be that faint on the coin also the words in god we trust that are supposed to be the left of jefferson looks like to me that their was never anything actually pressed on the coin on that side . |
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Rest in Peace
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Mistercoin Here's some info about grease fills:  Once dies wear and are polished time and again to extend life, the diamond paste and lubricants get pushed into the device cavities causing a hard filling inside in a myriad of styles and shapes, most all losing details as on your coin Biokemist: thanks, I didn't realize the difference between the overpolished and alignment strike errors, rims affected, hummm... |
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New Member
United States
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Crazyb0 thank so you so much for more info about Grease Filled Dies I knew I came to the right place |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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to the Forum. Nice find,there is a collectors market for it. |
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New Member
United States
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Thank you very much and if you had to take a wild guess as to the value of this coin what would you say ? Either way it's going in my collection  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Error coin prices are all over the place -- or so it seems to me. Right now there's a US quarter struck through error that has NO bids going for 99 cents. But that can change. Your coin has some circulation scratches that will bring down the value. Since you're keeping it, you might want to make a note that it has a small premium value. You might be able to sell it for $1 - $3. I don't know how many error coins you have found but I still have my first.  |
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New Member
United States
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Thank you so much for the info and this is pretty much my first really good find in circulation so counting it as my first
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