KoRnholio Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Was looking through a recent small collection purchase, and this jumped out at me. I don't believe it's post mint damage, but it is very odd to say the least. The gentleman who assembled this collection appears to have pulled out a number of "odd" coins, quite a few nickels with doubling and die breaks. There's just a small amount of this phenomenon on the reverse at 2'oclock and between the 4 and the 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 The "VI" area kind looks like a plating bubble. Not sure about the other stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 It looks like something was dripped or dropped on the die prior to striking. I would call this an error coin and not post mint damage. It could be failures in the plating, but it looks like something actually resting on the surface of the die to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikandiggit Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 It couldn't be on the die, because it's raised. So it must have been something on the planchet or in the plating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 This link might be relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoRnholio Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Interesting, thanks guys. I guess it's something to do with the plating as this was one of the earlier dates where the mint was making plated coins. Much like the link posted above mentions for the later copper plated pennies of the US mint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoRnholio Posted March 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Bump! Links to my original pictures are broken, but this is a CCN article featuring my coin that was discussed here. This is in the latest edition (Feb28-Mar 12, Vol 49, Number 23) that I picked up at the show this weekend, but didn't page through it until today! A great surprise for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Way cool! You're famous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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