Various Dated Nickels Showing Copper

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Bear4343 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 03/01/2024 01:44 am To start I'm relatively new to coin collecting, so I don't know much about them. I've done some research as I went but there have been many times where I have gotten confused. I've been shown images that said they had doubling or some error, it looked completely fine to me. So today I bring some images of some nickels of different years that are copper in color or have some copper showing. My Dad and I had different opinions on them whether they were burned, weathered, they were struck on a penny planchet. If anyone can give me some advice on how to tell the difference between them and what these ones might be it'd be greatly appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff

HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 25071 Posts	Posted 03/01/2024 03:20 am to the CCF, Bear4343! All of the nickels you've shown are exhibiting environmental staining. The easiest way to verify that they were not struck on a cent planchet is to weigh them. A nickel should weigh 5.00 g, while cents weigh either 3.11 g (1909 - 1982) or 2.50 g (1983 - present). Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
Bear4343 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 03/01/2024 04:16 am Ok I will weigh them when I can thank you for the information Hondo. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 03/01/2024 07:33 am @bear, first welcome to CCF. Second, I agree with @hondo that this nice group of nickels all have surface staining. . Perhaps they all spent some time in the ground and the environmental exposure did this. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
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Dearborn Moderator United States 95424 Posts	Posted 03/01/2024 09:59 am I agree with environmental toning, and these were not struck on a cent planchet - a cent planchet is much smaller and the entire design elements of a nickel would not strike up properly. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73918 Posts	Posted 03/01/2024 12:08 pm All of them show environmental damage. PMD. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Sharks Pillar of the Community Canada 1762 Posts	Posted 03/01/2024 2:01 pm As above, environmental damage. @Bear4343 Report this Post to the Staff
Marv65 Bedrock of the Community United States 10497 Posts	Posted 03/01/2024 2:30 pm Quote: My Dad and I had different opinions on them Strange to have that many "dug" nickels on hand - does anybody you know go metal detecting by chance? Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 03/01/2024 7:36 pm to the CCF and ED Report this Post to the Staff
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