How On Earth Could This Happen. Legs On The Reverse Of My Nickel Is The Imprint Of A Dollar? Type Of

Lookin' like a vise job (someone put a coin {Morgan Dollar?} on top of this nickel and used a vice to smush them together, leaving an impression on this nickel. This never could have happened at the mint.

to the Community!

ohh, that poor Morgan dollar.. (nickel too)

to the CCF!

it's a vise job, but it's not a Morgan dollar that was used. The edge (eleven sided?) and beading looks like it came from a recent Canadian Loonie.

We can all sleep better knowing that no Morgan dollars were harmed in the making of this Post Mint Damage non-error Jefferson.

Oh thanks goodness!

to the CCF and Glad that all it was was a loonie.

I'd agree that it's actually a Canadian dollar that's done the imprinting here; the beaded border and non-circular shape give it away. No US coins use beading around the border like that, but it's very common on Canadian coins. Specifically, it's a post-2012 dollar, with the letters in the word "DOLLAR" much closer together than in the original 1989-type coins. Flipping the image, I can also see the wavy lines from the wake of the loon, above the D in the word "dollar".

Suffice to say, it is impossible for this to be a mint error. Canada has its own mint and they make their own coins; Canadian coins are not made in the US mints, nor are any US coins made in the Canadian mint. There are, therefore, zero Canadian dollars flying around the room while US nickels are being struck, so there is zero opportunity for one to just fall in between the presses and create an "error" like this.

I've said many times before, that while coins like this are indeed "fake errors", it wasn't necessarily made with the aim of creating a fake error. It's possible for someone to make such things purely by accident. However, I'm having trouble thinking of a possible reason why somebody would take an American nickel and a Canadian dollar, and "accidentally" place them together in a situation where they'd squish against each other like this (such as, underneath a piece of heavy furniture). Very few people would ever be in a situation where those two coins would even be in the same pocket or purse. No, this one, at least, appears to be deliberate.