She's not a pretty nickel by any means, but what's going on with the, what looks to be an attempted large "D" struck on both sides, more visible on the reverse. Probably just another one of my BDC's but I had to ask. Thanks CT crew.
on a side note did you get a chance to read that Hardy Index? Anything in the LIBERTY fence is a BIE? I didn't realize that
IMO, the 'melted' look is due to the surface damage, after the circles were put on the coin by one of those machines. And, although we say crimper or sealing, or counting machine, it might not be that exact machine - could be something similar. I don't think it's wrong to call it 'counting machine' or crimper damage, even if that's not the exact cause of the damage. Since we weren't there when the nickel was damaged, we can say it looks like that type of damage.
Appreciate it everyone, I was mainly curious because the faint "D" that I think I'm seeing on the reverse looked about the same size as a War Nickel Mint stamp directly above. If it was just crusty circles on the O&R, I wouldn't have posted however that "D"ish mark made me seek some expert advice...
That faint D is easy to see. It's caused by the center of Monticello's columns and the damage from the circles. It gives the D appearance if you use your imagination just a little. Neat looking but damaged and worth face value.
Well, the curse of the unknown 1960 D "mark, melt, damage, etc" above followed me again. The 60 came from a little collection I aquired a while back. Today, I went to the General Store (and yes, The General Store is actually what it's called in my town with no stop lights) Got this 1963 D as change, with a similar mark, dead center on reverse and very slight on the ob like the 60. It's quiet out there and just wanted to share, simply because it jumped out like the 60 D's mystery mark. Hope ya'll had a great weekend, Ma'am and Gentlemen. @tammiGee @Collecting Nut @paddyman98 @Fred Weinberg
since you can't see the steps to check for 5 0r 6 Full Steps, it'll be tough to find something on it https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1963-d-full-steps-nickel-rare-in-fs.81951/
With these new photos I believe this damage is caused by a coin rolling machine. You can see the outer ring on the obv of Jefferson. The reverse damage looks like a G so now you have a G and a D. Must stand for Good Damage.
I saw Freddie Jackson, sipping a milkshake in a snowstorm. So that makes em cool, I'm keeping.em, lol!
