What Happened To This 1986 D Nickel? Wear Or A Valuable Error?

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kestes320 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 07/11/2024 2:36 pm * Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark to Title. It's very important to have in the title. * Opinions please? I know it's in circulated condition, but it's missing the outside stamping. Doesn't appear to have been "worn" off, more like it wasn't ever there? It isn't as thick as most nickels either. Report this Post to the Staff

HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 25172 Posts	Posted 07/11/2024 2:38 pm to the CCF, kestes320! Your coin did not leave the mint looking like that. Perhaps someone worked it over with a grinder. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34408 Posts	Posted 07/11/2024 2:38 pm @kes, first welcome to CCF. Second, while it is unusual for a coin exposed to normal circulation wear to have both sides as uneven as this, I still believe that you have mechanical wear of some sort--not a mint error. "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
igwt79 Pillar of the Community United States 1464 Posts	Posted 07/11/2024 2:39 pm Appears to have been deliberately sanded down. What is the weight? Report this Post to the Staff
kestes320 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 07/11/2024 3:22 pm It's 4.84 grams Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74096 Posts	Posted 07/11/2024 3:54 pm It's been sanded down. PMD. Worth 5 cents. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 07/11/2024 4:10 pm to the CCF and Sanded. We see a lot of these around here. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95855 Posts	Posted 07/11/2024 5:34 pm it has been sanded down - which is why it is under weight. 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
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 07/11/2024 5:54 pm Deliberately ground down. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Yokozuna Pillar of the Community United States 4618 Posts	Posted 07/11/2024 6:03 pm to the CCF! It's underweight, so someone took about 0.16 grams off of the reverse. It could have been a Dryer Coin of sorts. Maybe it was caught in the mechanism and the spinning drum did the grinding. Just a thought on my part, there's really no way to say for sure. ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! Report this Post to the Staff
Marv65 Bedrock of the Community United States 10529 Posts	Posted 07/12/2024 12:11 am However it happened it's just PMD. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95855 Posts	Posted 07/12/2024 01:21 am a Dryer Coin? hmm. don't know - I may have to 'experiment' on a nickel. 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
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