hello all. I am new to coin collecting after finding a couple coins in a car I bought on auction. I have a 1985p nickel that looks to be missing the clad layer. I tried reading up on this. Some say these nickels didn’t have a clad layer, so I am not sure. The other is a 1985p quarter also missing the clad layer. Do I have anything or just normal coins with environmental damage. Thanks in advance for the help.
Nickels do not have a clad layer. Yours is damaged. Hard to tell with the quarter based on the pictures provided but I would be fairly certain that it is also just damage. That being said, better, clearer pictures, outside of the flip would help in giving you a solid answer.
It is absolutely true. Only quarters, dimes and Kennedy halves have clad layers. Your quarter is interesting. Post clear pictures of both sides out of the holder. The nickel is just environmental damage. Not a mint error.
Nickel environmental dames, the quarter may be missing part of the clad layer. Can't tell for sure from those images.
Helpful hint: Always take clear (well focused) photos of the whole coin, obverse and reverse, properly orientated and crop them so just the coin shows. That way members can give their best answers
With the new pictures: The nickel is still environmental damage, but I am even more strongly convinced the quarter is good.
I agree with Conder101 - the nickel is stained, and the quarter looks like a partial obv. clad layer missing when struck.
If you got 1 out of 2 you are doing OK and ahead of the game. The nickel can't be an error like that. Drop the nickel in a glass jar with a lid with some acetone. Then take it out after a couple days and rinse. That stuff might come off. If the quarter is an error it's a good one.
