Please let me know if this nickel I found in circulation is an error or if its a post circulation error. Thank You!
:welcome:to CT, Ollys! Your nickel is damaged post mint. Learn how coins are minted. Here is a good start: http://www.usmint.gov/faqs/circulating_coins/index.cfm?action=coins Then always ask yourself "could this have come from the mint in this condition?". If you answer "I'm not sure", be sure to come here for answers. There are many good and knowledgeable people here that are always willing and able to help. Happy hunting!
There is no such thing as a "circulation error". Errors occur at the Mint. Damage occurs during circulation.
I agree, post mint damage. Remember all of the crazy stuff you would do to coins as a kid, hitting them with hammers, putting them on tracks, having cars run over them? Well eventually someone puts them aside because they are "different", and eventually someone will wonder if it left the mint that way. Ok, maybe I was the only coin destructive kid....
Me, too! I liked to take a pile of silver coins and, with a propane torch, melt them into a lump. I don't remember what I did with those lumps of silver, though, it was a loooooong time ago.
Where I tried this the trains ran at perhaps 40 to 60 MPH. It was nearly impossible to find the coin(s) after the train had passed.
OMG! Sell it on eBay! Maybe if you offer free shipping, and start it at .01 it will get some bidders!
Very true. Luckily I grew up halfway close to a rail stop point, so I could put it on tracks where the train moved about one half a mile per hour. I got some great completely smashed, halfway smashed, just the edge smashed, etc nickels and pennies. The first time I put one on a fast moving train track I learned thats an easy way to lose a nickel.
