2007-P Jefferson Nickel, Struck Through Grease

If you think of the devices on a die, the field is the outside edge, the devices are set deeper into the die. When the die has grease touch the die, it fills the areas that are deeper. The planchets can shape into those areas and just leave the field depth on a coin. Thus one letter or many letters can be affected.

Hi guys. I would like to ask a question about the damage on the reverse of this coin.
Could it have been on the planchet before it was struck, or would the striking process remove any damage that a planchet would have on it? thanks

Thanks Bill,

Definitely will.

Question- I noticed there is a Kansas State Quarter Struck Through Grease that had the T in trust almost gone- calling it the "RUST" quarter-You can see the T but its very faint.


Can I call mine the nickel version or too much of the "T" can still be seen?

What do you think?

Cutsie names don't mean anything to me. A strike through error is just a strike through no matter where it is located. Die cracks/scratches/gouges/breaks/excessive cleanings all fit into that area also. "The Spitting Horse", "Speared Buffalo", "Three legged Buffalo", "What ever". They all are just part of the minting process and the mint views them as acceptable. Variety collectors look for real things on what they collect other than cutsie names attached to a regular coin with an anomaly on it.

The lettering is too visible on your nickel to give it a cute name:-)

Hi Coop:

NGiles got me going on VAM's.

I agree, it can become pretty expensive but it is a great feeling in finding the exact VAM for your Silver dollar after searching sometimes like it seems forever and other times you find it right away.

I also usually stick to cents and nickels on my daily roll searching adventures etc, less damage to the budget, but I will on occasion purchase Silver Dollars and start the VAM search again.

Thanks again for your expertise on my five cent coin!