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Steel 1941 S Jefferson Nickel

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 Posted 04/29/2018  5:01 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add frommetoyou to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi! I'm very new here and have only been collecting coins for a few months now, but this morning I came across this rusting 5 nickel in my purse.
Since I'm very new to this, I'm not sure whether this coin is a fake, a coin struck on the wrong thing, or something else completely. The only results I get for steel coins have been the wartime pennies, not nickels, so I'm stumped as to what it could be.


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 Posted 04/29/2018  6:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Numisma to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

It looks like environmental damage to me. It's highly unlikely that it was struck on a steel planchet, as that was two years before cents were struck from the metal. The best way to check is to hold it near a magnet- if there's no noticeable attraction, it's not steel.
Best of luck in your collecting endeavors!
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IMHO it's been sitting in the ground for quite some time ED
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That's environmental damage. (ED)

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and yes I agree also.

Environmental damage for sure.
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yep, environmental damage.
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