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New Member
United States
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Hello everyone. This is my first post and I'm new to collecting but totally obsessed. I recently acquired a nickel from my local grocery store and upon further review I noticed a crazy error in the middle of the Monticello! I'm posting the best pics I can take, in person you can't miss it but when trying to take a photo I cant zoom in as closely as I would like. Can anyone tell me what this could possibly be? I've never seen ANY error line this before.   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've seen it a lot, always in the middle of the coin. I thought it was someone tooling around with a drill at first, but it's always shallow and I have seen maybe 2 center-holed Jeffersons for dozens of coins like this.
Maybe someone will have a lightbulb moment, but I guarantee it's just damage of some sort.
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Moderator
 United States
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 to CCF. Your photos are good. I have seen a lot over the years. I think it is caused by a vending machine,like a Gumball Machine. You put the nickel in and turn the knob. What ever caused it it is just post mint damage,PMD. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It is damage. It could have been stepped on and twisted. Spendable.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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I have one (probably from a similar year) that has the exact same damage on the reverse. It may be from spinning in a coin counter/sorter or some other machine. It's definitely not a one-off manmade error, there are too many examples for that. Still, it's just PMD and not an error. Keep searching! 
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you all for your responses! Good to know, oddly enough I ended up finding another identical one from the same year and everything so damage must be the answer!! Thanks again!
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New Member
United States
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Yeah this helped me out I figured it was a machine that did it but I have a 1946 with the exact same scratches on it
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Moderator
United States
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Trudecadence, to CCF. Best to start your own thread, this one is way old. Post some good photos in your own thread and we can help you. John1 |
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
Consider what to look for? If your looking for something that is die related, note the devices on a coin. The are raised. Why? Because on a die, there are sunk into the die. Thus they are raised on a coin. So if you see scratches on coin that are not raised, they are not die related, but scratches into the coin. Thus it is a damaged coin. Not a mint error.
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New Member
United States
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Looks like damage from an old coin holder.
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