Possible mint mistake?

This is dispositive of post mint damage as the only other possibility would be a cud, but the rim bulges slightly when a cud is formed.

You can get back to where you started if you want or you can think through the minting process and how cuds are formed. From there logic dictates this is not a mint made error.

 

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This is dispositive of post mint damage as the only other possibility would be a cud, but the rim bulges slightly when a cud is formed.

You can get back to where you started if you want or you can think through the minting process and how cuds are formed. From there logic dictates this is not a mint made error.

 

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The missing area is in the shadows, but it looks like there are striations, which would indicated the edge was abrasively removed, which would make it PMD.

The reverse directly opposite the missing area is strongly struck. This could not occur if the coin was struck on a defective planchet. That area would be weak. That would make it PMD

A cud is caused by the edge of the die breaking off. This missing piece causes a raised area on the coin, Your coin does not have a raised area. Also, the area on the reverse opposite a cud would be weakly struck, Yours is not. Once again indicating PMD

I would strongly recommend avoiding the coin dealer who said it was an error. While the points mentioned above are things a newer collector might not easily recognize and/or understand, anybody who sells coins for a living should easily recognize this as PMD. The guy who you said "didn't even really examine the coin", could tell at a glance it was PMD.

Hope this helps

 

I would keep it as an example, if you like it and don't already have some other...this nickel generated over 20 posts!...Spark

 

Run over in the parking lot many times........poor thing.

 

I mean I bought it at face value from work so not like I lost any money on it. Plus it's really a learning experience. Being so green to collecting, I though I found something special. Turns out it was special in teaching me how to really look at coins.

 

Excellent way to learn! everyone starts 'green', even 'Green' .

 

Winner!!!

And you aren't actually out anything, it's still spendable as 5c. About as cheap as a lesson can be!

 

Looks like Jimmy did good this time

 

It is definitely PMD, unfortunately. Glad you weren't scammed by one of those eBay listings claiming to sell an error coin while it's actually damage. Getting it at face value is much better.

No examination needed to tell this is PMD.