I have a 2000 D nickel all copper looking

Got it from the cashier in change back let me know what you think.

 

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I think Thomas has a bad PMD sunburn.

 

Your coin may have been heated super hot. Which makes the two metals separate
and allows the copper to come out to the surface of the coin, which will change its color. Nickels are 75% copper and 25% nickel. So yes a burn of sorts.

 

I don't see a mechanism for bringing copper to the surface by heating it. I think that's just oxidation.

You can preferentially dissolve nickel out of copper-nickel with acid, leaving a more copper-colored coin.

 

Looks dug.

 

Better pic needed to make an honest assessment. In short, from your pic you can't really tell if it is copper or not.

 

I agree, Environmental damage. More than likely from a coin that was found metal detecting or been in the soil.

 

Here's what a nickel looks like on a copper planchet ( cent ) .

 

Actually I would say the nickel is almost black instead of a copper tone. It is much darker then a normal penny color.

 

Actually the color is allot darker then a normal copper penny it looks black

 

This coin is in smooth conditon like a regular nickel it almos have a black color instead of the regular copper look.

 

Can you explain I'm new to all this stuff I didn't know nickels could sun burn.

 

What does dug mean?

 

Your coin probably looks that way because it suffered from some type of harsh exposure to the environment at sometime in the last sixteen years. Sun,heat,dirt, harsh chemical, etc.

 

Dug. Dug out of the ground. By a detectorist.

 

It's worth 4 cents.

 

How is that when it's a nickel?

 

Ray.. he's just kidding with you.
The answer that it is "dug" is most likely correct. The Nickel composition has a bit of Copper in it. As stated, when Nickels are buried under certain types of dirt they can change color. Think of it as toning caused by exposure to the outside environment.
I myself do Metal Detecting and have found hundreds of Nickels that look like yours. No need to keep them so detectorists spend them and they eventually end up in a register for someone like you to get it back as change.

 

What do metal detecting have to do with the color?