What is your opinion of the nickel I found in change a year or two ago? It looks like it is on a proof planchet? Is there any such known errors? Or am I hoping beyond hope this is what I have found? I heard of business reverse dies used and showing up in proof sets but I've never heard of a proof planchet making its was into the business press.
It looks fake.... I don't think nickel chips as easily as the gouges all along the rim of the coin seem to suggest.
Why proof?? It looks cleaned to me....and a late stage strike as you can see the orange peel look on the strike. Speedy
I don't know what type of cleaning would do this? I picked it out of pocket change only becuase it looks so odd and would hate to pu tit back into circ if its worth more than 5c.
Well, then try sending it in to ANACS, and if it comes back as something super special, you've got something, but more than likely, it'll be body bagged.
Hi Ron, That was my thought exactly. This was buffed up on a wheel. The reverse was struck by a very late stage die. BTW, in years past, I've seen coins that were buffed like this sold by unscrupulous people to uneducated collectors as "Uncirculated". I've seen albums of Lincoln cents and Jefferson nickels where each coin looked like this. Have Fun, Bill PS: Automotive polishing compound on a buffing wheel will make a coin look like that
Well thanks for crushing my hopes and dreams. I'll have to tell my wife we can't retire. I really appreciate all your input thats want I posted it for to find out what I had? Every time I go to a coin show my wife ask me if I've found anything good (as if anything I've bought is bad or as if she really cared) so I'll humor her and tell her about an exciting (to me) find, a DD, RPM or OMM, and her response is always the same. Will I be able to retire on it? As if I would sell it only so see could retire!
I bought about 40 "BU" wheat pennies on ebay. They were all buffed when I got them. I was not pleased to say the least.
Hey!, Look at that coin again!, Look at the top where Epluribus is, Looks like some doubling on top like the dates in the denticals on Indian cents!An ERROR coin !
I think that doubling came with the buffing or what ever happened to this coin..... Its also pitted.... Speedy
I dont know?........It looks like a U up there, not from buffing??maybe another photo of that area????
Yehhhh .... No doubling. At least no doubling I couldn't reproduce with a pliers and a buffing wheel. This coin is way to trashed to be anything but a nickle.
IMHO I would say whizzed (especailly the reverse shot), like someone was playing around and seeing what it would do. Like something you might do to a penny just to see what happens.
Looked at it more cosely, don't see any doubling even if it had any the coin is basically trash other than face value! Thanks
