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This Nickel I Found I Need A Professionals Opinion Please Help Merry Christmas (202x)

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Hello I found this nickel not sure if it is worth anything but here are some pictures please give me and estimate how much it's worth if ya can and don't be afraid to hurt my feelings thank you.
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to the Forum, Stessmer. Your nickel appears to be suffering from traumatic post-mint damage. Value: 5 cents.
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Thank you I did not think it was worth anything but I appreciate it.
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Your coin looks to match number 4 in the list of Dirty Dozen Damages. Even though there is no premium value to these, you might try to find a nice example of each.

1) discoloration - stains from coffee, or environmental damage from being buried, heated, etc.
2) scrapes over much of the coin - damage from sliding on pavement, a parking lot coin
3) coin bent or edges not round - it has been smashed with a hammer
4) coin blank on all or most of one side - someone sanded it down
5) mirrored lettering - a vise job, a coin squeezed against another in a vise
6) rough, pebbly surfaces - coin that received an acid bath
7) smooth rims, smaller diameter - has been trapped rolling inside a dryer, a " Dryer Coin"
8) clear mounds on coin - glue that has dried transparently
9) small indentations in the shape of the letter D - marks left by the impact of the reeded edge of another coin
10) large blisters - coin exposed to high heat, such as in a campfire
11) shapes, often letters or numbers, not indented or raised - Pareidolia (like animal shapes in a cloud)
12) a circular scrape just inside the rim - " Ring of Death" caused by a coin rolling machine

Don't despair! Error coins remain ready to find from circulation, but they are outnumbered by unusual looking coins that merely have been damaged. If you can imagine a way to change an undamaged coin into one like you see, that's probably exactly what happened to it. Changes to a coin after it leaves the mint's striking chamber are considered post mint damage, or PMD, and have no premium value.
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This is what we call a " parking lot coin" cause of its similar appearance to a coin being grind down in parking lot gavel. No numismatic value, worth 5 cents if you can convince someone its really a nickel.
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I call it PLD (parking lot damage)
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to the CCF. Agree, badly damaged coin. Value is 5 cents
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