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Very Wierd Nickel

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 Posted 08/04/2009  10:57 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Pepsizombie to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I have a very different nickel that I've never seen before, it is almost one sided. The front is pushed in but the rim is untouched, the date and all lettering is not visible. The face of the president is there and indented slightly but still hardly noticable. The rim is the exact width as a standard American nickle. Sorry for the poor quality images.


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Is this nickel worth more then 5cents and if so what would be your estimated value.
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 Posted 08/04/2009  11:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rockdude to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Not wierd, it's a struck through a late die
cap or something like that.
Yes worth more then a nickel.
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 Posted 08/04/2009  11:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gibby3 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
it looks like it was struck normally but didn't get ejected from the die, then a blank planchet was struck on top of this one and obliterated the details of the obverse.
that's my hypothesis :)
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 Posted 08/04/2009  11:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Actually it was struck through another coin with a capped die in later stages of loss material from the capped coin. Those can get real nice as well.
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Bonded die cap:
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 Posted 08/05/2009  12:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DVCollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That's a cool coin to find in change.
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so in your opinion is it worth alot of money or not really ?
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Since the ghost image of Jefferson is faint, it was most likely struck through an early- or mid-stage, uniface die cap. A uniface die cap is a coin that never had an image on its working face because it was initially struck against another planchet. As errors go, these are fairly common and generally bring about $15 on ebay.
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