Black Nickels ?

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Well since I started this, let me thank everyone for posting. To sum it up: Black Beauties are rare but everyone here has one or more, and paid less than I did. They are caused by heat, planchet washing, cobalt, or by a guy who makes them up in his basement using a Gilbert chemistry set. They are created at the mint and can be pulled from proof sets, or they are created by some other gentleman who might be pulling a fast one on all of us, except there's a book that says they're made in '58 and '59, except for the one from '64 that the moderator posted a pic of. Do I have that right? I'm kidding of course. This is more info than I've ever gotten , and I may check out that book. mike

 

Yes I did, I said circulated coins from philadelphia in the years of 1958 & 1959 proof that is something else.

 

I found a ebay store that almost only deals in nickels. Called OLCOIN Have gotten lots from him, all in excellent condition. He has a nickel he saye is worth $29,000.00 that he has up for sale on the site. He also has black nickels. I probably should have kept quiet about him, I'm usually the only one who bid's on his auctions. LOL He has been collecting 5 and 6 stepperd for 45 years.

 

Are all the nickels from 1958 and 1959 have this dark bluish color? I can't seem to find any other information on these "black beauties" other than this forum.

 

That just goes to show that this forum is the BEST Coin info site on the web!!

Speedy

 

That QUOTE says it all Speedy this is the best site on the web.

 

Oh alright thanks. I really want to get one of those!!

 

Here is a link to another thread on the subject with a photo of one in my collection.I always wondered why it looked like that but it's beautiful.
http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=10294

 

Very common in 1959 best explination I've heard of is that it is caused by excessive die heat. These are commonly reffered to as "Black Beauties" hope this helps
Greg

 

I found this pic on Google,looks like a proof Black Beauty.

 

It is a Beauty :thumb:

 

1953 Black Beauty Nickel?

I was digging through my coin jar and came across this cool looking nickel. It is VERY DARK in color, including the edge. I did some searching on the internet and found a bunch of them from 1959, but nothing on the 1953 variety which mine appears to be. I am looking for some info / value estimation from someone who has more knowledge that me about such things. Pics of front and back below. Thanks in advance.

 

a year late, maybe 6.... oh well, i have the same type of nickel too!

 

Not sure if anybody still sees this post but I recently acquired a black toned 1964 in an uncirculated roll. Only 1 of the 40 to have the black lines running through Obverse, Reverse, and on the Edges as well. Since pulling it from the roll it has gone from black/Nickel to Black Gold. Truly impressive coins. Has anybody found an answer to this yet??

 

I recently opened up a US Mint roll of the 2004 Peace Medal nickels and found 3 nickels that where a "flat" brownish black in color. They really stood out from the other uncirculated nickels in the roll.

 

Environmental damage on those....black beauty nickels were 1958 and 59 nickels that the medal wasn't heated properly. These were minted in Philadelphia .