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What Happened To This Coin (Nickel)

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 Posted 08/17/2023  01:19 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add kelmarie27 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
it is all wrecked looking and I can't get the face of nickel picture to upload

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 Posted 08/17/2023  04:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add lcutler to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
No way to say exactly how it happened, but it has been severely damaged. Damaged it is though for sure, and after it left the mint.
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Thank You I know one I had before was I think they called parking lot damage but this one look a bit diff than that one ...i appreciate you answer ... :)
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 Posted 08/17/2023  07:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes, blunt force post-strike damage.
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 Posted 08/17/2023  07:34 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes--this is all damage rather than being a mint error.
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 Posted 08/17/2023  09:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Damage, probably deliberate.



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 Posted 08/17/2023  10:52 am  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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 Posted 08/17/2023  12:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I agree, just severe damage. PMD.
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Hammer time.
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Thank You
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