This nickel! Error or man made?

So this is a rare weird find for me. The sides are cracked (die crack?) and the front is super smooth. So what do you think, error or mam made?

 

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Man made is my vote

 

It's man made either way right?

 

Somebody put it on a lathe.

 

true lol

 

Well, I don't think it was turned on a lathe because we would see concentric circles, but I do believe that it is post-mint damage.

Chris

 

It's been run against a grinding wheel.

 

I'm thinking the "seam" on the side was caused by whatever held it tightly enough to do the machining operation on the obverse. This is a classic example of a case where clearer knowledge of the minting process - what can and cannot happen at the Mint - would have been an invaluable diagnostic tool.

 

I have to agree man made

 

The radial or pinwheel scratches indicate that the obverse was machined. I don't know what kind of device creates this pattern, but I see it all the time.

 

I have a nickel tree in my back yard. Doesn't everybody? Been trying to get it to grow shield nickels, but no luck.

 

If it's not man-made, a woman made it.

 

"None of woman born can harm McDuff"

 

Wasn't it Macbeth? Spoiler alert but didn't McDuff kill Macbeth because he was "ripped from the womb" so he wasn't technically "born"?

 

Well now isn't that pleasant. Sorta like the recent GPR evidence that Will's head is AWOL

 

"oops"