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1999 5 Cent Funny Looking P

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 Posted 05/08/2011  4:42 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add roushmustang to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
any idea what the area to left of the P is? not sure what to call it, never seen this before.

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I found the exact same thing! Same year too! But I found a couple of them, one as prominent as yours and a few not as prominent.
Also, GOD was doubled and PLURIBUS was doubled somewhat as well. The last 99 was doubled too.
Is this Machine Doubling or something else?
Mustang, let's wait until the doubling dudes get on to answer.
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Die deteriation. Its very common in nickels.
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How does it work, then? Do you mind explaining it?
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The composition of the nickel is the part of the clue. 75% copper 25% Nickel. The nickel in the planchets cause the dies to wear faster. Usually on the outside devices that flow toward the rim. This to me appears to be Machine Doubling if other devices are showing the same die movement during the strike. Other images might help in the determination of which. But the end result is the same. You have a coin worth what it says on the reverse of the coin.
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