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<p>[QUOTE="Michael K, post: 3562232, member: 78298"]This coin is 90 years old and very circulated. Nickels are made of an alloy of 25% nickel (which is a relatively firm metal) and 75% copper which is sort of soft. The letters are very small raised details on the coin and coins are often struck by other coins and take all kinds of abuse. These letters are struck, moved around, flattened.</p><p>A mint error would be something that happened at the mint before it went into circulation, one type of error would be the die that struck this coin would have to have the mistake on it.</p><p>That didn't happen. It's normal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Michael K, post: 3562232, member: 78298"]This coin is 90 years old and very circulated. Nickels are made of an alloy of 25% nickel (which is a relatively firm metal) and 75% copper which is sort of soft. The letters are very small raised details on the coin and coins are often struck by other coins and take all kinds of abuse. These letters are struck, moved around, flattened. A mint error would be something that happened at the mint before it went into circulation, one type of error would be the die that struck this coin would have to have the mistake on it. That didn't happen. It's normal.[/QUOTE]
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