Here is a drastic planchet error on this 1981 P Jefferson error. I have never seen one quite like this before.
Wow, that's somethin!! Did you find that in a roll or in circulation? I'll try to find a pic of my planchet error. Here's two of my buffalo nickel errors. The planchet was faulty on the Indian's braided hair. On the bottom pic under the Indian's jaw it says Pluribus. The Pluribus nickels doesn't have a date, just my luck! The nickel with the faulty braid is a 1931-S. Oh and the new bottom one is my cracked die Jefferson. Jefferson error's have been difficult for me to find, well expensive to find.
Last month Abe was nice enough to send me this nickel with a planchet error. Very nice guy, thank you Abe!! :thumb: Anyways, it's taken me awhile but I wanted to show it off to see what y'all think? Cool error for sure, looks alot like the one above except on a smaller scale. Anyone know how this error happens?
There is something that I noticed on the Jeff. nickels, they are very porous looking. Maybe its from an improper mix for which air bubbles weren't removed...
Fretboard, I'm sorry to say that I don't think your coin is a planchet error. I think it is post mint damage.
This coin was given to me by Arnie Margolis a couple years ago. It was in a group of coins that was sold just to get rid of. On the 2x2 it said planchet error, but that doesn't neccisarily mean that it is. I've looked at it using a loupe and such, and to me it looks authentic. May I ask why you believe that its not?
It's pictures three and four that have me questioning it. Now what this looks like at first glance is a cracked planchet where that was a void in the metal created either by a gas bubble or a foreign object such as a piece of slag. Typically such voids have very rough surfaces internally. In picture three on the side by AMERICA it looks suspiciously smooth like some thing cut into the coin. Then on the side by STATES there is that raised lump over the field and the O in OF. Where did that come from? If it had been there before the strike it would have been flattened down flush with the field and the O would be struck from it. Since it isn't it must have come post strike. Then in picture four, on the right hand side of the gap it looks like the rim was formed and the mashed rather than fading out as you come around counterclockwise as you would expect. Now with better pictures I might see it differently, but with what I have that is what I see. I have to admit though that I wouldn't expect Arnie to be that wrong. So maybe I am missing something. But for right now I still think post mint.
I don't think any more pics will change your mind on this one. not my pics anyways. Unfortunately this nickel was left in circulation for a long time and then the error was discovered. During the time it was being circulated it gained damage, which now makes the error questionable. That's what I think anyways.
