1964 copper nickel

I found a 65 D nickel that looks dark brown almost black, it weighs 4.82 and has no ware to it, I was digging around a foundation of a old house to reseal it and it was in the ground. Do you maybe know if it's different metal than copper ? I can't find anything about it online or calling shops

 

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No, it is a normal nickel. It is from being buried, I see it all the time metal detecting.

 

I am new to this farm and just signed up pending approval but I just dug up a 1964 copper nickel. I will post pictures as soon as I am approved to do so I'm very curious about this

 

Nickels are 75% copper. If you dug it up, it's just environmental damage.
There aren't really copper nickels as the copper and nickel are alloyed (mixed together) "cupronickel" before they make the nickels. They aren't layered.

Post #7 in this thread explains this and shows a very nice photo of an improperly annealed nickel. That would be an error and a keeper.

You could have a nickel on a copper cent planchet but that would be the size and weight (3.1g) of a penny and a nickel weighs 5 grams.

 

Agree with camaroDMD...sounds like improper annealing of planchet...lets see it!

 

No, I liked the part where you mentioned scratching the coin.

 

They didn't strike any 1965-D nickels.

 

Are you aware that this original post is 8 years old?

 

Is it possible that this nickel was struck on a solid planchet that the mint was using for a foreign government contract?

 

@Paul Cain. If the nickel was in the ground, the copper color is due to environmental damage. Please do not confuse responses to the other posts on this thread. many of them are responding to the older posts.

If you do want to post a picture, it's best to start a new thread. This will help CT members provide specific answers to your questions and avoid confusion with previous topics.

 

I once was at the beach and found an otherwise intact Buffalo nickel turned absolutely brown due to salt water immersion.
Also, while metal detecting I've found many, many brown nickels; the worse for their laying in the soil for several years.

 

Not only is this a necrothread, but the OP made one and only one posting. Are we really THAT mean to new posters

 

I have found that metal detected silver colored coins when tumbled with copper cents can turn a copper color.

 

I have one as well.
What was it?

 

That is environmental damage, your nickel spent some time in the ground.

 

You sure. How far do I have to sand into this thing to get to shiny metal. See my 64. It turns shiny. The 96 does not

 

Hope I didn't ruin it now

 

It's ok it's no one fault but myself. I am told in this field to trust your gut. I'm new so I lean on advice but people are looking at pics and it's a bit different through a photo.

 

Thickness was something else I should of considered. The 96 is way thin. Still wonder if it's counterfeit or a penny planchette

 

Can't be sure of anything from a picture. It looks too large to be a cent planchet, did you weigh it?