https://www.ebay.com/itm/1961-D-5c-...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 1961 D nickel struck on a clad dime planchet. Did the mint already have clad planchets in 1961? Did an obverse die for a 1961 D Nickel survive until 1965 and a mint employee made this? Or did the mint unknowingly hire a time traveler? Oh and just for kicks, how about that straight grade with a scratched obverse
It's an experimental flan (Planchet) but how that was created? Only the Mint Employee who did it would know! Just like the have Cents struck on normal washers
Minor silver coinage was already running short in the early 1960's, and the mint was undoubtedly looking for viable alternatives in 1961, because they had to have a solution in hand long before the coinage act of 1965. With its more modern, better maintained equipment at the time, the Denver Mint was better prepared to strike prototypes in harder metals than was Philadelphia, so the striking of this coin in 1961 and in Denver isn't implausible to me.
Sure.. And webpage with other oddities - http://www.error-ref.com/coins-struck-on-washers-gears-and-other-hardware/
Wait it didnt sell for 3 million. Looks like it probably sold for around $2000. I have it sorted by price.
My tools indicate it went right at $2000, after 23 unsuccessful bids. Seems like an important piece, but I wouldn't have the first clue how to assign it a value -- other than what the seller just did. I wonder if it would have done better at Heritage or the like? Maybe it'll turn up there soon.
