Strange Nickel

Sure, this is normal ...

 

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If I had to guess, without you specifically mentioning exactly what you see that is different, I would say that your coin suffers from die deterioration.

 

Looks like one of those extreme examples of deterioration.

 

Now me personally, I have some pretty thick skin. I would suggest that for how you respond to new noobs you say 'the' coin or 'that' or some such, rather than 'your ' coin so as to not personalize it to the poster rather than it being about the coin.

Here is another view, Gotta love that S.

 

From the new pictures, it certainly appears that your coin has die deterioration doubling. As Jay said, it also looks to be more on the major side, though I admittedly don't search through nickels so I am unsure if your coin exhibits stronger die deterioration doubling than what is considered "normal".

 

Wow, didn't read my post nor understand plurality. a 2-fer

 

Do you have a theory as to the anomaly of the coin posted? I'd like to hear your thoughts on the coin..after all, you did post it.

It doesn't quite look like "VD"...

 

someone at the mint fell asleep during die changing time fer sure....

 

Looks like a nickel.

 

Ding ding ding, we have a winner!

 

Slot machine coin? Looks like is has a million tiny hits. Or is that just the image?

 

die rot nickel

 

I agree that both the coin and the dies that squeezed are worn. It seems to have extreme vibration/shift smearing.

 

you just described die detoration. some members tried to tell you this was the problem.

 

So you think the die has extra material which prevents the coin from having enough?

 

No die detoration means that the die that struck this coin was worn out.

awordcrated whatever is wrong with the coin dies will transfer to the coins the dies strike.

it looks like the die that struck the coin has had all kinds of repairs such as grinding and polishing to keep it going for as long as possible.

 

The thing is, the letters are as tall (off the face of the coin) as normal, and if the field was ground away that area that looks shelfish wouldn't be there.

 

When dies begin to where out, the sharp edges that normally occur between the devices and the fields (top), begin to round off creating anomalies at the edges of the devices (Bottom left). In this case, the lettering. The wear, or eroding, can cause the letters to look fat or in some cases, depending upon what type of erosion is occurring (bottom right), doubled with a flat shelf like appearance.

 

Yes. It's normal.

 

Thank you. But ... the bases of the devices don't seem extra wide, the tops are too narrow.