Can't tell exactly what it is, but it's not an error. What's there was 'put on' the coin after it was in circulation. Looks like a 'blob', but...
Not an Experimental Rinse coin - sorry And, by the way, the ER's weight exactly the same as a normal Sac. dollar.
A very minor mis-aligned obv. die.
Something was placed over the dime and pressed down. What you see on it all occurred after the coin was in circulation. It did not come out of the...
we used to call this 'whizzed' surfaces. PMD
I agree with the above posts too.
Nice Deep Scratches
Not anywhere close to an Experimental Planchet coin. (I've handled at least 15+ pcs.) sorry.....
That nickel is badly, badly damaged. Does it look like something that would have been minted like that?
Oil is a substance that can stain metal.
Blue is a color than can be on stained or discolored pieces of METAL. Blue is not a color that comes from any US Mint during the Minting...
Chris - glad you liked my comment. Took me a second or two to think up a good analogy.
What you see is NOT struck in the nickel. It's simply stained and discolored - not a Mint Error coin of any kind or type. It's your coin, so you...
Don't know what you mean by a 'blue die' ?? Can you explain what you see as the error on the nickel? The obverse of the nickel looks stained...
PMD - Post Minting Damage (after the coin was in circulation)
None of the vast array of material available at the Mint is actually on any of your coins. Sorry. There's a vast array of meteorites on the...
....welcome to my world
The color difference is just toning. The little 'dot' appears to be a minor struck thru - I see it in your photo, and maybe a closer up photo...
So Variety Attribution charges should be nixed, right?
A bit better photo - but it still looks like a contact mark.
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