Copper Nickel?

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by carnaaron, May 18, 2011.

  1. l.cutler

    l.cutler Member

    Read through this thread, it is all explained.
     
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  3. englandsept

    englandsept New Member

    I also have a 1957 nickel of copper , roger jones
     
  4. Lon Chaney

    Lon Chaney Well-Known Member

    You're quoting a post from 2011. That person posted 3 times and bounced years ago.
     
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  5. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Most likely environmental damage.. It's been explained very well what it is.. I even posted pictures.
     
  6. Tim Lackie Jr

    Tim Lackie Jr Active Member

    You have to ask yourself what during the minting process could have caused it.
     
  7. montynj3417

    montynj3417 Active Member

    One summer I was beachcombing and found a beautifully-sharp 1938 Buffalo Nickel (didn't know enough about coins to look for a mint mark). I don't know how long this coin was in the salt water, but it was as brown as a nut.
    I really don't think that it requires very much environmental stress to make a nickel begin to discolour, like the one I found did.
    If you buy a coin like this, thinking that it's a "rare error", I hope you don't spend a lot of money on it. montynj.
     
  8. montynj3417

    montynj3417 Active Member

    P.S.: Most of the nickels that I dig up while metal detecting happen to be brown ones.... astounding good luck, mus'be.
     
  9. Goonie

    Goonie New Member

    I have a 2001 nickel that appears to be copper on one side and normal on the other.
     
  10. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Environmental damage toning can occur just on one side. Nickels have no clad layers so it cannot be missing clad layer.
     
  11. Kings real music

    Kings real music New Member

    Ok check this one out.... I just found a 1917 buffalo that's brown like the pictures. But has very good lines and definition. May be a two feathers no mint Mark I believe. So I took your advice and I weighed it. It's ever so slightly smaller in diameter. Like half a millimeter smaller. And it weighs 4.52 grams and is exactly as thick as a pre 1982 penny. Someone explain that one haha...
     
  12. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Acid corrosion damage.. haha
     
  13. montynj3417

    montynj3417 Active Member

    This is the start of uninformed mass hysteria; in this case concerning brown nickels.
     
  14. montynj3417

    montynj3417 Active Member

    Explanation: Go back in the thread to the post I submitted re: razor-sharp looking 1938 Buffalo Nickel found in salt water surf. Either that, or succumb to mass hysteria hahahee.
     
  15. cpm9ball

    cpm9ball CANNOT RE-MEMBER

    First, welcome to the neighborhood!

    Second.................
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  16. thomas mozzillo

    thomas mozzillo Well-Known Member

  17. Justin Mcomie

    Justin Mcomie New Member

    I have a 2004D mint copper colored nickle is it rare
     
  18. Justin Mcomie

    Justin Mcomie New Member

    I have a 2004D mint copper colored nickle is it rare
     
  19. Justin Mcomie

    Justin Mcomie New Member

    I have a 2004D mint copper colored nickle is it rare
     
  20. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    No.. Did you read any of the posts on this thread with the answer you seek?

    It is Environmental Damage.
     
  21. corvette

    corvette New Member

    I also have a 1971 copper nickel.
     
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