I've had this 2010 P Nickel for a couple of years now. Not sure what to make of it since it looks to be copper. It weighs 4.86 grams, not the regular 5 grams for modern nickels. It's thinner than a regular modern nickel. Any feedback appreciated.
Looks like a 'ground find' with environmental damage. Might account too for the weight being a tad off........
So it's common damage... It will also make the coin thinner than other's, even though no altered image? Thanks for feedback
a lot of coins like yours are found with a metal detector and usually "brown" up being in the ground over time is sometimes acidic making coins smaller and lighter
Here are some of my metal detected examples of Nickels with environmental exposure toning.. Also occurs on clad coins. Clad is composed of Cupro-Nickel which is what nickels are made of.
Environmental damage as all the others have said. The composition of nickels and the outer clad layers are 75% copper and 25% nickel, so leaching and copper enrichment of the surfaces can occur under certain conditions In addition, the tolerance spec for nickels is 5.00 gms +/- 0.194 gms, so your nickel is within the normal weight range.
Oh.. Over the years I have dumped hundreds of my detected coins into Coinstar machines. You might have received one that went back into circulation
That’s funny but with what you’ve found over the past 7 years that I’ve been a CT member that is an understatement.