Although at first glance it looks like it might be a 'struck thru', the same effect opposite it, the rim cuts and damage, and the last photo...
SSS - Simply Stained Surfaces Not an error of any type, as mentioned
Doesn't look like a lamination to me, either. The pattern isn't right, and the rim damage would indicate something else caused the depression on...
PMD
No, I wasn't referencing the thin plating on the planchets done at the Mint. I was referring to the commercial plating done over the past decades...
...looks like plating doubling to me
It's a 'FungusAmongUs'
Looks like surface damage and flattened digits. Not an error - sorry
Whatever happened to it, it happened after the coin was in circulation. Looks stained, possibly flattened somewhat. It did not leave the Mint...
A die chip - and the nickname is from CW ads in 1966-67, to help 'sell' them.
Yes, can someone with more experience than the four posters who said it's damaged come forward with more experienced opinions ?
That's all damage that you see all over the coin, including the 'missing' area. Badly damaged, not an error - sorry.......
Silver War Nickels are notorious for laminations and improper metal mixture of the planchet strips. I guess manganese doesn't bond well, or the...
"Sandwich' coin.
Doesn't look like any error type. Looks like it's been stained by water or liquid.
Yes, I believe there are at least a few video's online that show the minting process. Try UTube to start.
When a disc of metal is punched out directly from the planchet strip, it's a Type 1 Blank - no upset rim. It then goes thru the upsetting...
....maybe not totally de-plated, but attempted.
It looks like it's been de-plated, so you are seeing the discolored zinc core of the planchet, which might be confusing to you because it's a...
It's been machined on the reverse, as well as being well-worn. Sorry to say, not an error of any type.
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