Nickel....is it a mint error or damage?

Found in circulation. Wondering if this is a mint error coin or damage somehow. ???

 

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Bubble bursting time!

Damaged

Mr. Ed
Specializing in collecting mint errors since 1986.

 

Agreed,still 5 cents.

 

How can you guys render an opinion with pictures such as these?

 

Because I enlarge them

 

Thanks. I need to take it out of the protective sleeve and get better images which I will do soon. I will continue to look for other opinions.

 

How would it get this kind of damage do you think?

 

Hammer.. Some bored mean person had nothing better to do.

 

That is a long time, but I wonder also how this damage would have occurred. Look at the mint mark, the D. Kind of interesting. Will keep the coin just the same, lol.

 

You should never think "I don't know how this damage occurred, so it must be an error." For it to be an error, you have to explain how it could occur during the minting process. The simple answer is that it can't. There are an almost unlimited number ways that a coin can be damaged once it leaves the mint, but only specific ways for errors/varieties to occur during the minting process.

@paddyman98 is has a lot of knowledge and expertise of the minting process and has given you the correct answer - damage.

Learning and understanding the minting process is the key to finding errors. Here are some links to heLp get you started.

(US mint video)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?
time_continue=104&v=mqPvKxJXC_Y&feature=emb_title

https://www.coinnews.net/2014/01/06/how-the-denver-mint-makes-dies-to-produce-coins/

 

Ok, great. Thank you very much. I will look at these sites. I will look for a similar coin I saw along someone's name, and see if someone can identify a similar coin, as the person is no longer posting since 2017, so I didn't think it would help to ask him about it. Thanks for your help.

 

I just don't get how most of the coin is very faint, that both sides of the coin appear on the same side of the coin, and then there are three cuds on it. But if you must work backwards and learn the minting process to understand how a coin becomes a coin, I guess I have some research to do. I don't think damage though causes both sides of the coin to appear on the same side. It would have to have been struck at the mint, with the strike of both sides of the coin struck on both sides. Why that would occur, I have no idea, or how. But I just can't see someone being able to create this coin this way, outside of the mint. Most people don't have coin printing abilities as far as I know.

 

Go out to the garage and hold a nickel on edge with a pair of pliers on a hard surface. Hit it a couple times with a hammer. Then lay it flat and hit the distorted edges until the are flush.

Coins are struck in a round collar. The collar holds the shape as the coin expands slightly under the striking pressure. Once again, the collar is ROUND. Note how the metal is folded over the letters which means it happened AFTER the coin was struck. Once you start study the minting process, you'll quickly see that your coin didn't leave the mint in that condition.

However, if you don't think the responses are correct, you can always send it to a third party grader such as PCGS, NGC, ANACS, OR ICG. The last 2 will be the cheapest, and do a good job on error attribution. But it may be an expensive lesson. Your choice

 

What if it got somehow stuck in the machine, and another coin was struck over it, flattening the edges. Without knowing or being an expert on the minting process, I can only think of how this could have possibly been stuck this way at a mint. But with your input and this potential explanation, I could still see this happening. It is interesting to get input here though about interesting coins, different from the rest. Appreciate your input.

 

Nope, can't happen like that.

I understand you're new and don't want to sound condescending, but it is very simple to see that this is damage.

A great thing about this site is you have members that have been collecting for decades. @paddyman98 has been specializing in errors for 30-35 years if I recall correctly. Many enjoy taking the time to help new collectors and sharing their knowledge But you are welcome to believe what you want. Best of luck with your collecting endeavors. I'm outta here

 

Ok, I will study, lol. Thanks. I will tell you though, it seems very difficult to find an error coin. Am I right? lol

 

That’s looks like a folded over rim, a cud and a greaser. Should bring lots of money on eBay. Lol

 

Really? Everyone else above discouraged that idea, and said it must have been hammered out, or done after it left the mint.

 

lol...like how much money?

 

He's yanking your chain.