I Cannot Believe I Been Sucked Into This

My son….. MY son has lost his everloving mind over this nickel. So much so that he had to drive 25 miles in the rain last night for me to study on it…. The coin in question is a 1940 Philly nickel that may be VG. Here’s the deal. He swears there is a dramatic doubling under “Pluribus”. And frankly, under the highest magnification that I have, there does appear to be something there. For the life of me, I cannot make it clear with my phone camera.

I know I am looking at a textbook case of pareidolia here on a well circulated 85 year old coin. But this is my son and I promised him that I would ask those that know…… I cannot believe I am making this post…..

 

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Agreed, I see nothing unusual at all!

 

It looks like Don Taxay flipping us off.
Sorry couldn't resist.

Don't be too hard on him. I don't know what it is about doubling or perceived doubling but it really gets people going for some reason.

 

Yeh, I'm going to have to join the I-don't-see-doubling club. :-/

However...

Thank for expanding my vocabulary with such a fun word! :-D

 

No worries….. I recently learned the word “verklempt” and I am still looking for an excuse to interject it into a conversation somewhere!

 

Good luck with that, Randy. My wife uses that word a lot but she won't tell me what it means. Not sure I want to know

Bruce

 

ver·klempt fər-ˈklem(p)t
vər-

informal
: overcome with emotion : choked up

 

I came to this thread to look at a nickel,
and get word of the day club instead ...

I'm all verklempten over that nickel !!

 

I knew deep in my numismatic mind there was absolutely nothing out of the ordinary with the nickel my son showed me. However, when he wanted me to drive him 25 miles, in the rain, to see a coin, yes a COIN, I got so verklempt that I couldn't say no.

Welcome to the world of a grandson whose grandparents spoke Yiddish as a way to talk in front of us little ones so we wouldn't understand them. We knew more than we let on.

 

If you can’t see it with a 10 X it doesn’t exist. With high enough magnification every coin will show an error. This is a well worn coin from years of circulation, but I’m sorry to say I don’t see anything in the way of doubling.