2006 D Jefferson Nickel - Struck Through Or PMD - Cool Either Way

With it incuse on the coin, it would have to be raised on the die. There is not way this could happen to a die to be raised that high, to create an incuse mark on the coin. If it were struck through a very small zip tie, it might create marks like this, but it would have to be folded over the edge to look like this? But the incuse and raised areas are just the opposite of what a zip tie would leave. There appear to be metal striation lines on the movement downwards onto the coin. But not seeing waves of metal movement. So I feel it was struck through something, (not sure what yet) but altering the coin. So of the weight is normal, it might be a struck error?

Fascinating find, tropicalbats, and interesting discussion so far. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks again everyone for the great comments! I'm very much enjoying following along as it gets discussed with folks leaning one way or the other. I will tell you that I really do not know, but my leaning is toward struck through, or possibly a planchet that got crimped and then struck although I would expect at least some kind of distortion on the devices right next to the trench if that were the case.

I don't think there is any copper showing. Maybe I mis-worded it but the coppery color is due to the reflection of light from a tungsten bulb in my office off the metal of the coin.

Hoping to see Jon Sullivan on Thursday and will try to remember to show him the coin as that should get to the correct endgame here.

I went back and looked again, I think it is just the shadow creating what I saw. Sorry, had clad coins on my mind for some reason....

This nickel appears to have been vandalized outside the Mint. If this were a struck-through error, then the object would have wrapped around the planchet and indented the edge as well. Instead, the edge is pinched. There is no way for two intrusive objects to line up precisely in vertical space as they do here. Moreover, contact with the collar would have erased the pinched metal, especially given the increased localized striking pressure generated by the two aligned objects.

Mike thanks for wighing in.

Can you please address the N of MONICELLO and why that goes into the trench. Wouldn't the top left of the N be sheared off if it were PSD?

The intact upper left portion of the N is a puzzle. But it's a puzzle in the context of a struck-through error, a planchet defect, or post-strike damage. Perhaps there was a notch or recess in the object responsible for the depression that coincided with the location of the N. I see no metal flow in any of the design elements bordering either depression, which is another knock against this being a genuine error.

However, the absence of any sort of a pressure ridge along the edges of either depression, and the failure of the coin's edge to bulge out where the depressions meet the edge, is making me reconsider my original assessment. I would like to study this specimen up close, if possible. Perhaps this is an unusual example of pre-strike planchet damage, after all.