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Valued Member
United States
392 Posts |
found this while roll hunting it is brown in color  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
hm... either it has been buried before or that some kid during 8th grade decided to electroplate it with copper.
Anyways, if the planchets are the same size and it has the same ring as the nickle, it's probably not an error
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I see nickel/nickle spelled 2 ways a lot, even by Americans on this forum.
Which is the correct spelling? Is it like the metal it's partially made from ie nickel or the other way?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5318 Posts |
Since the nickel is 75% copper, I wouldn't be surprised if there are environmental conditions which corrode the copper. It might have been buried.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7629 Posts |
Correct spelling is 'nickel' - 'nickle' is always wrong.
This coin suffers from environmental damage, most likely from being buried.
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Valued Member
United States
357 Posts |
 I have dug up nickels that looks like that with my metal detector. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3507 Posts |
I agree ...This NICKEL :-) was buried. I lightened the picture and there are definite signs of environmental damage caused by spending some time under the surface of the soil. My experience indicates a burial east of the Mississipi:-) Maybe even the North Eastern U.S. :-)
Thanks,
Bill
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3640 Posts |
I agree, I am from the northeast and that is
exactly the same color my great grandad "Horatio"
was when we dug him up last year.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2540 Posts |
I agree with norseman, common metal detecting find, just environmental damage.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
Yep, I get that brown color on nickel content coins(including Cu-Ni clad) found on/in the ground here in St. Louis.
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Posted 10/21/2008 7:33 pm
