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Bullnuke Valued Member United States 184 Posts	Posted 07/05/2009 09:25 am After going through 2,000 rolls of nickel and sorting them by date and mint mark. I decided I have toooooooooo many nickels and storage would soon be a problem. I have started looking at the coins through a loupe (16x) to keep only the finest examples, started with 2008(haven,t gotten very far) and I have found a dozen coins looking similar to the one pictured. I was wondering exactly what causes this ~~phenomina~~ issue. and is it common in the series. Additionally are there any other errors/varieties I should be looking for. Thanks for the info. Kie http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...08nickel.jpg Report this Post to the Staff

hockingzig Pillar of the Community United States 1450 Posts	Posted 07/05/2009 11:36 am I have noticed the same thing and have a theory. THIS IS ONLY MY THEORY,not based on anything but observation. As I looked at many specimens, the problem seems to be related to the shape of the design. It looks like the natural metal flow that occurs with"pressing" metal is somehow disrupted by the die because of the shape of the design. I may be way off base on this but that is what it looks like to me. Report this Post to the Staff
neversuited1 Pillar of the Community United States 1121 Posts	Posted 07/05/2009 11:58 am hockingzig..i think your theory is very close to the fact. it's funny looking at the jefferson from the pic gives some characteristics of a counterfeit coin...u know the economy is bad when people start counterfeiting nickels..lol. Report this Post to the Staff
Greckel Valued Member United States 61 Posts	Posted 07/06/2009 9:47 pm Counterfeit enough Nickels and you could make quite a bit of money that would go undiscovered... However it seems like it would be a hassle to produce so many coins. Report this Post to the Staff
paul Valued Member United States 213 Posts	Posted 07/06/2009 11:03 pm My good friend Henning would beg to differ... Report this Post to the Staff
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