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Picked this up as a side buy when making a bulk error coin purchase. I have some of these on Lincoln cents and find them quite showy errors that sell at relatively low prices. I doubt the date can be figured out, although it does have a fairly distinctive die crack, but so many Shield nickels have distinctive die cracks that it would be hard to know which one this one is. No date Shield nickel mint error - split planchet after strike 2.48g   |
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It seems that blank or planchet splits are an error result of the rolling of the blanking strip to the required thickness.
The split is the result of impurities in the form of a film on the blanking strip, - probably oil or grease.
I have seen current copper nickel coins (Australian) with the same sort of error - fully split coins, as pictured here.
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Definitely eye appealing to me. Nice pick up!
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I like it - very showy as you say.
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Very nice!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks folks! There are probably thousands of these on Lincoln cents, but can't be that many on Shield nickels. Wonder if it would be worth my time to look at those over time and see if the mate doesn't show up at some point. |
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Very cool !
More interesting that it saw a fair amount of circulation after it split.
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Wow I missed that broken S! Great spot and yes, probably can narrow it down a lot based on that feature. Will have to research that a bit. Thanks!
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Also a broken 'N' in 'UNITED', but that could? be due to a small circulation hit, and not a die crack.
It is possible that it saw a fair amount of circulation before it split, but the split side does show signs of wear, although not as much.
I would think that die cracks would be a bit more prevalent than with most series, the reason being that
at this point in minting history, copper nickel as a coin alloy had just emerged from the experimental stage.
Extensive experience with die hardening, relative as to how many coins that could be struck from a die pair, had yet to be acquired.
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The N of UNITED is a ding not a die issue. And I agree that the coin saw a fair bit of circulation visible on both sides. It's quite obviously not right as a coin, both by looks and weight, so 'tis odd that no one pulled it earlier. There is an example of one of these on ebay right now that ANACS graded VG8. That seems a very harsh grade, but the reverse does show some wear. Yet the split side is pristine, so at least for that one I think it split some time after it had circulated for a while. https://www.ebay.com/itm/3629293572...9SR6Top8CrYQ |
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