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Valued Member
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*** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***I have a 2004 Jefferson nickel that is sort of bronzish or goldish in color, all over, obverse, reverse, edge Why is this ? if it matters, its almost perfect condition
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Pillar of the Community
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Posting pictures would definitely help get answers...but toning can be caused by lots of things...heat,chemicals,age,moisture,etc.
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 United States
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A naturally toned coin with great eye appeal holds a very good premium above a non toned coin to some collectors. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The gold color is a pretty common color for nickels but mainly proof nickels. I circulated goldish colored nickel has probably been exposed to something that made it that color.
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Valued Member
 United States
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I am trying to upload a picture but cant quite figure it out right now. I'm still trying
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Most of them are more subtle, but it looks like some of the toned nickels I have found.
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Valued Member
United States
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ok... now that you see it, can anyone tell me why this happens?
(waitign for someone to say it spent too much time at the "toning salon")
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United States
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It spent too much time at the toning salon.  I kid.  I will defer to the experts on this one. While I can say that different things can affect a coin's tone in different ways, I cannot say exactly how this certain tone came to be. |
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Although the nickel portion helps reduce corrosion ( toning) , it is mainly the majority copper part( 75%) that reacts with the sulfur and chemicals in air to produce a thin refractive layer, that you are seeing as yellow/gold. This also occurs on new lincoln cents, but is often missed if a person doesn't have a new cent to compare. If stored the same way I suspect the other colors will eventually show also, as the layers thickens to change the colors refracted.
Jim
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I have a few mint sets from 50's and 60's and the nickels look gold or bronzish too. they're not proof sets though.
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