Buffelo foreign planchet ?

Does anyone have an idea about this Buffelo nickel?
Weight 4.4 grams, diameter approximately 21 mm, thickness approximately 1.7 mm.
The reverse side shows something of possibly another coin. There are some lines running through the buffelo.
The front also shows differences with the usual model.
No lettering visible and no year!
Metal color is different with more a bronze color.
Any information and advice is welcome!

 

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This buffalo nickel suffers from serious corrosion. My guess is that it was buried underground for a good while. Sorry, worth 5 cents.

 

Thanks for your reply, but even corrosion can't redirect the lining in the design of a coin.

 

As Seattlite said, severe environmental damage, probably from being in contact with dirt for a long time. How did you come by it? Welcome to CT.

 

The only "lines" I see are scratches, not impressions from some other coin. The placement of the design elements and lettering are all consistent with a Indian head/Buffalo nickel.

 

The coin was in my collection for a long time, but only when I was putting the nickels in an album,I notice the differences.

 

Already it took me some time to wait for a clear sky to make some pictures. But, by the shoulder of the Indian you could see on these photo's there is a big difference with a normal Buffalo coin. But, I do agree there is corrosion, but even with the corrosion the coin looks very authentic !

 

It could have been one of the many nickels that had a lamination error in the planchet and that might be what you are seeing.

 

This first coin is just damage. Your second coin is a lamination error.

 

I can assure you that this coin has been either under water or under ground for a long period of time somewhere between when it was minted and you getting it. The coin is not any special error, nor is it struck on wrong metal. It's corrosion. Sorry.

 

That could be an answer to this coin, because also this coin have this deep linings !
Thanks for your effort, your information does give a new idea how coin could get an other outlook and with some corrosion on top it's hard to say what it really is. Thanks and with regards, Frederik

 

Thanks Busy for your effort ! Together with Mountain Man I received a very good few of how coins could look and could change ! Now, it's a curiosity !

 

I was merely showing the reverse of the coin with the lamination error.

 

Yes, but with a lamination error and corrosion on top it will show out this way, and I think that could be the answer of where I am looking at !
I got two other coins; two Lincoln cent pieces; do you mind if I show you these ?

 

Its Lincoln on Mt.Everest in snow and one very disturb machine coin I think.

 

Im not expert but i learn that buffalo nickles are gentle, damage and change color is common.
There is picture of my buffalo 1927, laying with nickels for decades. Coin change color, looking weird, but after gentle washing, real face pop up.
Also weight is 4.4 grams, so I don't think so it's foreign planchet

 

Your coin still have a nice looking rim, which makes it much more to look into ! Mine does have corrosion or what ever probably before me at the rim, which could make it the 4.4 grams ! I think your coin is something to show to experts !

 

The nickel should weigh 5.0 grams. However, circulation will take a little off and
corrosion that eats through the metal will account for the missing weight.
Wrong planchet errors are incredibly rare. If your nickel has the correct rims,
if it lines up with other nickels in a stack, it can only have been minted on a
nickel planchet. It will have a little more value than 5 cents because it is a Buffalo, but not much in this case because it is damaged.

 

There's no lamination error on that coin, just damage. The damage is from the pressure used to slice open the obverse.