83 D Jefferson Rev-What Or How Does This Happen?

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joe finds Valued Member United States 347 Posts	Posted 10/22/2009 04:37 am It's good to be back! I've made alot of interesting finds over the past 10 or 12 days! This was just the easiest to photograph. IT has alot of ware n' tare, but I HAVE'NT seen this before.Looks trippled in places. Almost like it was pressed between the dies with narrow or wide letters, and then filled in after to fix it . I know one/all of the PRO'S knows ! Can you fill me in ? ? Report this Post to the Staff

mikediamond Pillar of the Community United States 2737 Posts	Posted 10/22/2009 09:54 am It's Die Deterioration Doubling. Very common among 1983 nickels. Error coin writer and researcher. Report this Post to the Staff
Indian1 Pillar of the Community United States 3640 Posts	Posted 10/22/2009 11:06 am This made me think back to the War Nickels. If the nickel back then was needed and used for armor plating then would it be a fair assumption that the normal nickel would be the hardest on the wear and tear of the dies ? Meaning, out of all of the U.S. coins minted nickels would wear out the dies the quickest. Is that accurate ? Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 10/22/2009 11:30 am Yes, nickel is the hardest metal used in circulating US coinage. Platinum is actually a bit harder than nickel but obviously, platinum coins do not circulate. Our nickel coins are only 25% nickel, just imagine the problems that the poor Canadians must have had minting pure nickel five cent coins. Edited by biokemist6 10/22/2009 11:40 am Report this Post to the Staff
Indian1 Pillar of the Community United States 3640 Posts	Posted 10/22/2009 11:37 am Oh yes, I forgot about platinum. Too bad we did not have much back then. The war might of been over sooner. Wait, if my Dad got back sooner then I may not even be here :)Or i'd be a lot older ! Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 10/27/2009 09:20 am Quote: Meaning, out of all of the U.S. coins minted nickels would wear out the dies the quickest. Is that accurate ? Yes that is correct and the dies for nickels do have the shortest life of all the coinage dies. Cent dies can last for 750,000 to a million strikes but the nickel dies only 300,000 to 500,000 coins. Quote: Platinum is actually a bit harder than nickel but obviously, platinum coins do not circulate Platinum is harder when alloyed but in it's pure form it is actually very malleable. Nickel on the other hand is harder in it's pure form and needs to be alloyed to be workable. Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 10/27/2009 11:13 am Let alone the fact that platinum dies strike FAR fewer coins than nickel dies. Most of the time the overall mintage of platinum coins is lower than expected strikes of one single nickel die. Report this Post to the Staff
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