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1957-D Circle Error Coin (Nickel)

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I found a 1957D Nickel with a circle in the middle of the coin. At first thought might be from something other then when it was stuck. But after I looked a little closer I noticed the tight circle is almost perfectly centered between the two columns. I dont know alot about error coins. My search led me here to find if this was indeed a error coin.
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The circle on your coin is incuse (recessed) and from PSD (Post Strike Damage). The person doing the damage just happened to line the circle up in the center of the coin.

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You can see the thin and raised ridges of metal immediately next to the recessed part. This ridge is displaced metal from when the object cut the circle into the face of the coin.

Remember that the surface of the coin is a "mirrored" image of the face of the die. Usually when you see an incuse (recessed) area on a coin that would mean there would be a corresponding area on the die that is raised.
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So with it being miss struck like this that it make it worth anything more or less?
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to CCF. Not mis-struck,not an error it is PSD. Click on PSD.
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@ddm, first welcome to CCF. Second, I agree that this circle is damage (not a mint error). Your nickel is worth face value.
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PMD me thinks. I've come across three or four similar nickels over the years--the most recent a couple months ago--a 'roughish' circle/oval-like feature in the building's center. I think is was on an early '60s coin.
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Definitely PMD.



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Check to see if it is the same size as a 22 shell. Someone may have smacked one on this nickel to leave an incuse mark. (99% of the time an incuse mark on a coin is coin damage. 1% it is a mint error)
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