Blank sided nickel

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I know, me too. I always imagined it to be from the San Francisco mint too . . . .

 

What about that 1912-D nickle? Looks to be about XF condition. THAT one really killed me . . . . . .

Z

 

Whoever it was milled it to take the reverse off but the coin was tilted and so it wasn't coming off level. Had he kept going by the time he got the whole reverse off he'd be through to the front of the coin in the deep area and it wouldn't work. I'm guessing once the mistake was realized the project was abandoned for a new nickel and spent this one.

 

@ZoidMeister It was a shame turning that coin into a watch but it's even a bigger shame turning that watch back into a coin.

 

The watch got wet. Electronics were toast. I was hoping there would be more silver left of the coin. What remains is only about 0.5mm thick.

Z

 

It's a shame all the way around.

 

When it was made ito a watch it may have only been worth 50 cents. Even if it was done later it was probably only a couple dollars.

 

Very evident that is damaged, but the Monticello still partially visible.

 

I don't understand what is going on with the 1912-D.
Are there 2 nickels mashed together so you have 2 reverses?
Because the second coin has no mint mark.
So it's just 2 ruined Liberty nickels. The 1912-D looks to be in good shape
and it's a good date. (But not as a novelty coin).
There's no rotation out of spec. as it's 2 coins and not 1.

 

Good pic's

 

If that was given to me in my change, I'd give it back and demand a valid nickel. That nickel has been reduced down to a small piece of scrap metal, and nothing more.

 

NOT ALWAYS TRUE, PEOPLE COLLECT COLORIZED, COUNTER STAMPED, AND ALSO LOVE TOKEN COINS...juss sayin

 

Counter stamps and love tokens are no longer coins for circulation, and in my opinion cross into exonumia territory. Colorized coins are just trash.