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New Member
United States
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I have a 1999 p nickel and a 2017 d nickel that look rather odd and putting them next to a regular Nicole you can see why.. The 1999 d nickel weighs 4.75 g and the 2017 d nickel weighs 4.63 g . I need help deciding what I have here, obviously these nickels aren't normal but I don't know what I have, can anyone give me some insight? Anything is appreciated, thank you to all!!   Btw, I put a 1997 p in the middle of both so you can see the color difference, tbh, I think the 1999 p might be silver and the 2017 d might be copper but this is just me guessing lol also there's doubling on both coins front and back, even though the coins seem "faded" |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
6498 Posts |
Both coins have extreme environmental staining and corrosion damage.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19150 Posts |
Agree. Post-strike damage in the form of environmentally-caused discoloration/corrosion/staining.
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New Member
 United States
30 Posts |
Yea but do you see how much they weigh and the color? Those aren't old dates, there fairly new and I've seen worn nickles and have never seen them worn like that or that color, for them to be that worn? Especially the 2017? Idk.. but y'all probably know more than me lol
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New Member
United States
30 Posts |
So they're basically nothing special. Darn it lol appreciate y'all helping out a "newb"
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
74064 Posts |
Both are showing environmental damage. They're spenders.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6498 Posts |
Acid damage will cause the devices to become fuzzy and cause the coin to lose mass. For example, it does not take long for coins in a chlorinated fountain to start degrading. The harsher the environment, the faster the coin corrodes.
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Moderator
 United States
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no nothing special with the dark coin, just environmental toning.
Did you try to upload a reverse image too? You only uploaded two obverse images.
Just make sure that when saving your images - use DIFFERENT filenames every time..
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New Member
United States
30 Posts |
Thank you everyone for all of this knowledge, fairly new to all of this, thank y'all for being so supportive.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2954 Posts |
 And  with the above... One website we recommend is error-ref.com as that showcases many different types of error coin to look for, and the website varietyvista for more of the types of variety out there in American coinage... And checking out coin community here is a great way to hook up with us coin nerds as you are already doing  |
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Valued Member
United States
78 Posts |
Welcome newcoingeek!! The people here are amazing. I've learned a ton in a short time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7174 Posts |
to the CCF and environmental damage. Keep looken. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@Newcoingeek As Brandmeister says: "Both coins have extreme environmental staining and corrosion damage." - Nothing special. |
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Posted 04/25/2024 6:24 pm
