1938 S Jefferson Nickel

Here is another coin and it is a 1938 S Jefferson Nickel. It looks like PL surface. Tell me what you think.

 

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Nice coin! It is the only coin in the Jefferson series that I have not found in circulation... I've looked at thousands of dollars in nickels but no 38-s yet. so far, found two 50-d, two 39-d and two 39-s, and two 38-d.

 

Just found a '41 2 days ago.

 

Perfect example why pictures taken thru holders are useless.

It could be polished

 

Yup, I am thinking polished also and it needs to come out of the case.

 

Polished 38's did not have that sort of luster. Besides it shows cracking on the profile so some sort of chemical was used.

 

Ok here it is out of the holder

 

Definitely polished. There are striations moving from NW-SE on both sides of the bust

 

Hey mikenoodle we have a restaurant here in Seattle that has the same name as you and they are very good.

 

You have a restaurant named mikenoodle?

 

Edit

Sorry I wasn't clear. I think the resturant is called The Village Idiot.

 

It's certainly a surface I've never seen. My knee-jerk reaction was a dip of some kind. But who dips nickels? And, what in?

It doesn't look to me like it came out of the Mint like that, I have to be honest with you. It almost looks like a plated steel cent. There's no problem in your pictures, they're very good. Maybe they're not telling the whole story, I don't know. If I had to bet, just based on the pictures, my money is on it's plated. Hey, I hope I'm wrong.

 

I have bought this from an old collector who have hoard coin for over I would think 80 yrs. He was over 80 yrs at the time I bought this coin.

 

I am not sure what or why the coin looks like this. I thought they were die polish.