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New Member
United States
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Hello! I was going through some rolls of nickels and as I was rerolling what I searched, this nickel with a reeded edge jumped out at me! The reeding is even and uniform all the way around the edge. The weight is 4.87g and the width and thickness looks to be the same as other nickels. What could have caused this?    |
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New Member
 United States
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Sorry, I just realized I posted this in the wrong forum.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
The reeding looks rough. I will say for sure PMD, maybe somebody took a file to the edge. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The reeding is produced by the collar, and as far as I know a reeded nickel has never been produced by the mint. Even if it was "mint sport", they'd have to make a special collar. I did find this "promotional gimmick" from 1941 https://coins.ha.com/itm/lincoln-ce.../1236-3160.s so something similar perhaps? |
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 United States
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Sorry, I just realized I posted this in the wrong forum. This is an easy fix, but next time if you could please click on the link in the lower left corner "report this post to the staff", then we will take care of it right away.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21610 Posts |
With the unevenness of the reeds, I would say someone with nothing better to do has intentionally added the reeding which would make it PMD. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Fun find. Agree, does appear to be the result of a do it yourself effort. Keep it as a curiosity.
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Fun find but probably took somebody a lot of time and effort to produce this altered coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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New Member
United States
22 Posts |
Thanks for all the insight! I was leaning toward this being some type of handmade novelty. I know that at one point the U.S. Mint struck coins for other countries and considered that maybe this was struck on a foreign coin planchet. Seeing that the measurements and weight are basically consistent with other Jefferson nickels, I felt that was less likely. Thanks! |
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United States
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Lower right Some day I'll learn my left from my right.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Posted 08/08/2021 01:38 am
