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Valued Member
United States
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What's up with this nickel? Any help would be awesome.   |
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Moderator
 United States
97925 Posts |
looks like it was a buried coin. or spent some time in some sort of acidic environment.
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Valued Member
 United States
63 Posts |
It's actually a really clean coin. It's just dark, and the words aren't normal at all.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19229 Posts |
May have been exposed to a corrosive environment many years ago, coupled with an attempt at cleaning--again, long ago.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Perhaps the reverse was treated with acid at some point.
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Valued Member
United States
63 Posts |
I'll put it under the scope. It's not acid.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
797 Posts |
I'd say this is a stained nickel that was initially struck with LDS-VLDS deteriorated dies, which is common on 1955 nickels.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3207 Posts |
VLDS, there are MS 1955 nickels that look similar, they ran the dies way too long that year
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
I agree with VLDS die state. Nothing for a plus for the coin.
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Valued Member
United States
63 Posts |
Could it be possible that it's a improperly annealed planchet?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
No. Just a extremely worn die and possible outdoor exposure. They turn brown in color, and when all the coating is removed from the coin (during this time the brown tuns black in color), then they look dull for years. Just like this coin.  Edited by coop
06/15/2022 10:49 am
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Valued Member
United States
63 Posts |
I have coins just like that and it's not the same, actually I'm positive it's not that.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10635 Posts |
You don't like our assessment, so why bother asking us about it? You have many years of very wise advice you just dismissed.  |
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Posted 06/14/2022 5:32 pm
