2013 p nickel

Thank you, will do. Someone needs to look at it in hand to get the full affect.

 

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I will take it to someone to look at in hand. In hand visual is more revealing. Thanks!

 

A good idea. That is exactly what I intend to do as well. I dont understand what they cant see on my thread. Sure some of the pic are blurry a bit, but between them all you can see all there really is to see...

 

We need an in person evaluation by someone reputable.

 

It's damaged surfaces,
also called as a general category:

Environmental Damage.

It is not an error of any kind, I'm
sorry to say

 

Thank you fred,
I see the dings on the rim, but I don't see any dings on the obv or rev. I am going to let someone look at it hands on. Respectfully! How can the rim experience damage and not the rest of the coin.

 

It could be from a car driving over it in a parking lot. The rims in that case are doing just what they were meant to do. Keep the face of the coin out of direct contact. Now salt the parking lot and .... voilia.... you have what you have...

Just a theory mind you....

 

The 'rest' of the coin IS damaged - the surfaces

 

Ok. I dont see any dings, cuts etc.. Maybe it was put under extreme heat. The surface look like melted metal that did not flatten out. Thanks again fred. I will hold on to it until I can find out more.

 

You just got the best reply anybody could hope for. There are many many ways for a coin to be damaged but only a limited way to produce a mint error. It definitely isn't an annealing error, not a strike through, and with tons and tons of pressure striking a coin, it would never have a rough surface. What caused it? Acid or alkali exposure? grit blasting? Who knows, but listen to Fred, it isn't an error