1983 D Nickel. Looks To Be Thicker Lettering. Thoughts?

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armywife111701 Valued Member United States 194 Posts	Posted 10/09/2022 6:26 pm I did a side by side of a nickel from the same year and same mint. The lettering on the front and back both look thicker than the other coin. Let me know what you think. :) Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 10/09/2022 6:48 pm Not an expert, but guess this is just due to wear. Please show us full pics of both sides of each coin, Report this Post to the Staff
armywife111701 Valued Member United States 194 Posts	Posted 10/09/2022 7:02 pm Oh sorry. & Report this Post to the Staff
armywife111701 Valued Member United States 194 Posts	Posted 10/09/2022 7:08 pm The other pics are the nickel "in question" ...these are of the other coin I compared it to. Report this Post to the Staff
silviosi Pillar of the Community Canada 6244 Posts	Posted 10/09/2022 7:52 pm Are all Denver mint? Report this Post to the Staff
armywife111701 Valued Member United States 194 Posts	Posted 10/09/2022 7:56 pm Yes. Both are from Denver mint. Report this Post to the Staff
Hobbs9 Valued Member United States 53 Posts	Posted 10/09/2022 8:27 pm Sorry, just circulation wear and tear. The letters are placed on a Master hub,, which then is used to make master dies, which are used to make working hubs, which make working dies, which strike coins. Since the letters are not added to working dies, you can't have different letter styles unless they change the Master Hub, which was not done in 1983 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34423 Posts	Posted 10/09/2022 9:08 pm To me this looks like a combo of circulation flattening and having been struck from a tired die. The other possibility is that a think layer of grease resided in the deepest recesses of the die when this coin was struck, so only the thicker parts were struck. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 10/10/2022 04:08 am Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 10/10/2022 09:10 am VLDS die struck this coin. Note that they even get worse as the die strikes more coins when it should have been retired. That enlargement is what you see on the extremely worn dies. The real clue that this is what it is, is when the devices near the rim are thicker than the tops/bottomsd of the devices that are farther from the rims. They are not doubled dies. Just extreme die wear. Edited by coop 10/10/2022 09:18 am Report this Post to the Staff
armywife111701 Valued Member United States 194 Posts	Posted 10/10/2022 10:48 am Ok thanks guys. & that makes sense. I wasn't sure what would cause this. Report this Post to the Staff
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