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don65613 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 09/28/2011 11:19 pm 1944 p silver nickle . what would cause the edge of the coin to look like this? Report this Post to the Staff

hesgut Pillar of the Community 1028 Posts	Posted 09/28/2011 11:24 pm I don't know of any mint error like this. You know how people cut coins in half and make strange things out of them...usually just a two headed quarter or something. Maybe somebody just did that here and put it back together after messing with it. Just a thought Report this Post to the Staff
CaptainFwiffo Pillar of the Community United States 4132 Posts	Posted 09/28/2011 11:36 pm I believe you have a partial collar. When the coin was struck, the collar that goes around the coin and dies did not go up all the way, so the rim was only partially formed and overflowed wherever the collar wasn't. Is it roughly the same all the way around, or is it tilted? If it's the same all the way around, it's a more scarce type of partial collar also known as a "railroad rim". A nice find! Report this Post to the Staff
don65613 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 09/28/2011 11:40 pm Thank you I have never heard of a railroad rim something new for me to read up on. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 09/29/2011 1:18 pm Very nice partial collar! And from what I can see it does look like it goes all the way around. Report this Post to the Staff
ikandiggit Pillar of the Community Canada 1166 Posts	Posted 09/29/2011 3:41 pm Nice! Report this Post to the Staff
don65613 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 09/29/2011 3:45 pm Yes it is even and all around the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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