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Valued Member
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Okay, ya'll gunna think I'm nuts with this one, I found this beautiful 1970 Jefferson nickel in the batch I just bought from my neighbor, and on the Reverse, the Letter "C" in Cents is gone. The picture doesn't do it justice, because the rest of the letters show no wear at all. It honesly looks like a punch error. Am I nuts?  I'll try to get a better picture. |
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I agree that the picture is not the greatest here, any chance on getting a better one in focus? It is very hard to see the details that would show us what's going on here. I could be any number of things: acid, grease, die polishing, circulation damage.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes, sharp images needed. Would be helpful to see a full pic of the obverse too. Thanks.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah, really want to see both sides in good focus. There is a weird marshmallow quality around Monticello, reminiscent of deterioration deformation that leads to ghosting (indirect design transfer). Also a really weird crisscross pattern over the area in question, although that might be pixelization from the camera or software.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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the C is visible, the orange peel around it suggests the C weakness is related to Die Deterioration |
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Pillar of the Community
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Could be a number of things but I will go with Die Deterioration on the pictures provided. |
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Worn die issue, a spender IMHO. John1  |
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Valued Member
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I got a couple picture through my loupe.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Worn die issue, a spender IMHO. Exactly... |
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Valued Member
United States
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So worn dies are not considered Mint Errors? I mean if it came from the mint that way, I think several folks may consider it an error coin. Granted, not like a double die, or wrong planchet or something. Either way, I'm not going to spend it. I think it's pretty cool.
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Pillar of the Community
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if you like it, save it, that's what collecting is about
coins made by deteriorated dies are so common, only the most extreme examples, which does not include this one, might carry a small premium
if you search nickels, you'll find many more like yours, particuarly dating from the 1950s and 1980s
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 VLDS and a lot of die polishing going on. They ran the nickel dies to death back then. |
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United States
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if you search nickels, you'll find many more like yours, particularly dating from the 1950s and 1980s lots and lots and lots of them... the new ones have a lot of Struck Through Grease damage, too. |
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Posted 07/19/2023 9:39 pm
