1942 P Silver Nickel | What In The World Happened Here?

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micrba New Member United States 28 Posts	Posted 09/30/2024 2:17 pm Hello all, Take a look at this silver nickel I found today. It looks like it was buried at one point, and the weird part about it is it has small pieces missing all over. What happened to this poor coin? Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34413 Posts	Posted 09/30/2024 2:25 pm @mic, a day when you find silver is always a good day. As to the reason for the nicked up areas of missing metal, it is impossible to know what insults have occurred over the past 80+ years. I suspect that the as-stuck nickel had some nice laminations, which have subsequently been stripped away. This is perhaps most visible in the region of the word IN to the middle of the bust on the obverse. "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
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 09/30/2024 2:48 pm Maybe a metal detector find? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 09/30/2024 3:56 pm Could be a dug coin, or just road rash. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74279 Posts	Posted 09/30/2024 4:22 pm Might have been a Lamination that stripped away as Spence said. It also could be a metal detector find. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 6513 Posts	Posted 09/30/2024 4:39 pm The laminations on War Nickels seem to tend more towards thin strips. I would hazard a guess at some kind of crushing or scraping damage to those edges. Chewed away by something acidic is another possibility. Any silver is good silver. =) Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19163 Posts	Posted 09/30/2024 4:47 pm Agree with Spence. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96315 Posts	Posted 10/01/2024 07:31 am I don't know - it looks like a substance is on the obverse bottom of the coin. 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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