Here are the coins in question: I assume both are post mint damage but just curious if anyone had ideas what could have caused either. For the Nickel on the left there's some damage on the obverse but I didn't include the pic. Looks like chunks have been carved out of the reverse. Coin in hand however you can kinda see the affected letters kinda smeared like the metal was pulled or something.
I could go with that notion, however the melting temperature of CU is 1200F. So unless it was sparratic heat IDK. The one on the left looks to me like it has been struck by something. The one on the right looks more like it has been placed an a furnace.
I would say so, and I would have to agree with ikandiggit, it would be the simple version of my explanation of what happened to these coins
Yeah, that's my best guess too. Seems to be some sort of applied heat to get the metal to flow. On the obverse & reverse surfaces where it looks like the rim has been smeared over that's where the coin looks the thinnest when viewed on edge.
Acetylene torch is my guess for the melted looking one. The other maybe a chisel or a hydraulic press.
Hmmm. I've got one that's similar. Another from the same shop class? At first look, the gouge made me think that was the case. But the weakness of the reverse made me unsure, so into my oddball jar it went, and was forgotten about unit I saw yours. Wierd
