Have a 1968 s. Nickel, I, be had for lots of years

like any info on this coin, it look to be gold or silver plated stuck,here are some photo, thank

 

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Welcome to CT Glenn. You nickel appears to be environmentally toned, not plated. It has just taken on a light gold color appearance. NAV. no added value.

 

Are u one hundred percent sure of ur finding, what would of cause a coin to look like this, i’ve never seen another nickel in my life time look like this

 

Just a matter of hanging out in the right (or wrong) environment. Sometimes exposure to heat can cause that kind of color, but given the other dark stuff down in the recessed areas, I'm thinking it was some substance that got on the coin. Anything from a spilled soft drink to something more exotic.

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I agree with our fellow enthusiasts; environmental toning and/or damage. If you CRH for a bit, you'll see far worse and far better. There is a spectrum of looks out there.

 

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I had this coin in a safe for thirty years or more nothing never spilled on it since I have had it or nothing ever touch it but me a very few time maybe two or three time since I had it

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That means when you got it it was already nearly twenty years old, right? There's plenty that could have happened to it during that time, believe me.

 

Glenn, there are things (ie, chemicals) within a "safe" that can cause this, especially if it was in a gun safe. Your coin was subjected to a contaminant during its life, and it is now manifested in its appearance.

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No gun safe. Fire safe, it been in plastic container with other nickel thank

 

The coin is a 68 and you've had it for 30 years. That leaves 22 years. In those 22 years of circulation it was damaged. The toning, however it occurred, is what you see today.

 

I don’t know a lot about coin just been keeping a lots of them for year, Thank again