1941 nickel with what appears to be part of the rim folded down onto the back.

Has anyone ever seen a 1941D in this condition? I know double strikes hold some extra value. What about damaged in the making? If you blow up the picture, you'll see it looks like the m, at the end of e pluribus unum, has the top part of the m imprinted on the part that is laying sideways. It also appears the rim is narrower, as it has been been stripped from the side, laid flat, and struck, presumably all in one action. ( I tried to make the image larger but I'm not that tech savvy.

 

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I'm sorry, the detail just isn't there, even after enlarging. It is most likely simply post production damage, though there is a SLIGHT possibility of a mechanism (like the ejection arm) having caused it, but I am not very familiar with the mechanisms or the damage that may result from them.

 

It looks like PMD to me. I think that even if it was from an ejection finger, it's still PMD. I may be wrong, though.

 

That's PMD. There is a form of error that results in a fold of metal from the edge being struck into the coin but this isn't it. (If the blanking punch is worn or damaged the blank will have a burr on the edge. That bur can get folded over onto the surface of the planchet during upsetting and then struck into the surface of the coin. But when that happens the rim is still properly formed and folded over burr is struck down flush with the surface of the coin. Not raised as on this one.)