Question About Far Off Center Nickel Strikes On Ebay.

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Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 6496 Posts	Posted 02/19/2025 11:02 am I ran across this ebay auction site, and I was curious about the off center nickel strikes. Specifically, the way that these six coins are all approximately the same size off-center strike area, and all aligned the same way to the bottom of Jefferson's bust (and the coin bottom). Is this something that happens naturally during the minting process? i.e. that the machine will repeatedly feed nickel planchets into the striking chamber far off-center, and they will all be struck in the same orientation. Report this Post to the Staff

Chase007 Pillar of the Community United States 7510 Posts	Posted 02/19/2025 11:31 am They were all struck by the same excessively spaced dies against an underlying planchet. Report this Post to the Staff
Tacc Pillar of the Community United States 3535 Posts	Posted 02/19/2025 11:39 am No telling which Mint these were struck at or what year they were struck but this type of striking error is rather common throughout the history of coins and these all seem to be legit looking. Theoretically there could be 80+ years between the striking of these off-center coins. ++I didn't see Chase's post before mine, but I don't see how they could be struck by the same die or how you could know that? Edited by Tacc 02/19/2025 11:59 am Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95644 Posts	Posted 02/19/2025 8:21 pm Interesting set of coins.. 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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