I have a nickel here that appears to be all copper, anyone ever hear of this before? I will post pictures when I get home from work, gotta leave in about 30min.
Most likely got tumbled with some copper cents when someone was cleaning a bunch of dug coins I do it all the time. Ice
Welcome to the forum. And I concur with the above two. My best guess is that IT was the dug coin though. I've seen some like that (and even have a few). I have a 1960 that I had to weigh just to make sure it wasn't copper.
Breakin my heart, my achy breaky heart xD Thought I just might of had something special. I do have a nice little silver and foreign collection going though! Thanks for the help guys.
I have a 1958, that looks like it had copper corrosion... blue green residue. So, like you said I weighed it. It weighs out at 4.77 grams... silver is 5.0... At this point Im assuming it's a "rogue" copper planchet that got mixed in somehow. The worth? I have no idea. Do any of you have any ideas? Any history? Id sure appreciate it! Thanks, Keith
Weigh the coin... be sure. Copper will bleed through on occasion, and it will tarnish through, blye/green usually. Weigh it!
Weight will tell you nothing. A coppernickel five cent piece should weigh 5.00 grams +/- .194 grams, A five cent piece struck from a copper planchet the same size would weigh 5.02 grams +/- .194 grams
All nickels weigh 5.0g. Shield, Liberty, Buffalo, Jeffersons. They are all 75% copper and 25% nickel, EXCEPT the silver nickels, but still weighs 5.0. If it weighs a little less it is probably due to corrosion. There is a slight chance it was a thinner rolled planchet. Photos are always important to see what is going on. It is not a rogue copper planchet. Impossible at that weight. The copper does not bleed through. The 75/25 mixture is an alloy, the 2 metals are melted together causing the nickel colored appearance.
