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Grease or oil. John1  |
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Been sitting on these for a while now. Time to look for errors and oddities.  |
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Very good example of grease. I would keep this one. More rare on nickels, pretty common on quarters 2017 to 2020 for some reason.
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Nice example!  Quote:
Been sitting on these for a while now. Time to look for errors and oddities. Good luck!   |
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Looks like a struck through to me - can't wait to see what else you find.
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You guys 100% sure it's not a die clash or a collision with another nickel? That pebbly texture on his face resembles the shoreline on the reverse. Plus that blobby Christmas tree on his temple bears a passing resemblance to the profile of the coast.
I don't have the software on my iPad to do an overlay, transparency, and rotation. Seems worth a quick check.
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Umm, interesting analogy Brandmeister, it took a minute but I see what you're saying. I don't have overlay, transparency and rotation capabilities either. Maybe I'll take it into friendly local Coin shop next week.
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Nice eye, but, the apex of hte struck through is at the center of the coin near the nose. The tree's apex (or the top of it) is neat the top of the coin near the rim, just under the 'U'. I se no way that the reverse tree can make that v shape on the obverse.
What I se in steal is a strike through gritty grease, the edges on either side is probably where the press operator attempted to wipe off excess grease but missed that section.
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How can it be anything but grease? I have seen dozens of quarters and many dimes and nickels with same thing on them. Not so dramatic except for a few quarters, those were just as bad if not worse.
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I am no expert. I read the ERef section on Struck Through Grease a few days ago. My understanding was that it mainly affected devices by filling the die voids with crud. The fields, not so much. If you guys are saying grease can also affect the fields without touching the devices, then I will take your word for it. Dearborn, my understanding is that only a clash would line up properly. Getting slammed into another nickel can happen at any random angle, and seemed like a plausible way to transfer that pebbled texture onto several high points and a flat field. |
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The unaffected V shaped area is curious, lower area does appears to be similar to Reverse shore line but its just not matching up anywhere else. Getting slammed into another nickel may be plausible but not probable and to me a long shot. Knowing the short history of this coin I'm leaning towards "just a nice example of grease strikethrough".
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