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New Member
United States
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Hello everyone! So I am quite new to coin collecting I would like to say I am a beginner to novice. I have recently found a 2010 Liberty nickel that I believe was not chromed before leaving the plant. Could some please enlighten me to if this coin has anything going for it?   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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 to the CCF! It's hard to tell from these images. They are too dark and don't show the surfaces very well. It's most likely environment damage. ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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New Member
 United States
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I'll try to get some with better lighting.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nickels do not receive a chrome plating before leaving the mint.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
Fire damaged, heated to red heat. Value 5 cents
White metal underneath.
Anyone can reproduce this on a domestic stove.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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New Member
United States
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  Here are brighter pictures. Also I have noticed over seeing a very small few of these types of nickels. That are grey on only one side and bright and shiny on the other. Is that also overheating on an electric burner? Instead of a torch or fire like this one? It was a 2011 D |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Picture of the coin edge please. If it's dark also it's heating or environmental damage. If it's clean and shiny it's an improper annealed planchet. The collar will remove all of the darkness on the squeeze around the edge but it won't on the front and back if it's improperly annealed.
So if the edge is dark just like front and back the coin was altered after the strike in circulation.
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New Member
United States
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Thank you big kingdom for the break down and information on what would make a coin dark like this.
Also thank you to everyone else for your input this all helps alot.
Also yes the edges are a bit darker then a normal nickel coin would be.
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Valued Member
United States
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coin probably gone through some post mint environmental effect.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If it's clean and shiny it's an improper annealed planchet. The collar will remove all of the darkness on the squeeze around the edge I believe you mean upon ejection, but I have my doubts on that. It may reveal some light streaks but I don't know if it would remove all the oxidized surface. And if the edge wasn't fully formed up the bevels from the edge to the rims would still show the oxidation. Edited by Conder101
08/24/2020 09:55 am
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This nickel might have been struck on an improperly annealed planchet. Exposure to excessive heat can create a brown-to-black patina.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Posted 08/21/2020 8:00 pm
