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1991 P Nickel Damage Or Error?

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 Posted 07/10/2023  12:42 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Zac Labonte to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I found this while going through rolls today, initially thought it was damage, but I am not sure after further inspection, I can upload more photos if needed. Thanks y'all.
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 Posted 07/10/2023  12:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nick10 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Your coin looks to match number 3 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 a beverage, 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 machined the surface away or sanded it down
5) mirrored lettering - a vise job, a coin squeezed against another in a vise
6) rough, pebbly surfaces - a coin eroded by acid, it might now be underweight
7) smooth rims, smaller diameter - was trapped rolling inside a dryer, a " Dryer Coin", or tapped with a spoon
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 wrapping or vending 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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Thanks for the info, I figured this poor coin has had a rough go of it. It will now have a home in the "torn up coin" portion of my collection&
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 Posted 07/10/2023  12:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes this looks like heavy wear to me. Save it of course if you want, but could be spent too.
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Just damage, probably deliberate.



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All damage. PSD.
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