Hey all I have a question about this nickel I found a while back. I have looked at improperly annealed planchet aka sintered planchet on the internet and its hard to tell if this nickel I have is one or a case of toning. I pulled it out of loomis roll back when these came out and it stuck out like a sore thumb so I kept it and recently just found it again I know there are newer Jeffersons with this error but want your opinions if the pics do the coin justice it has luster to it and a blueish copperish hone to it.
IMHO.. A little hard to tell. Maybe Environmental Damage. Blue tone you say? That's not a color associated with Improper Annealing. On newer Nickels the Improper Annealing is more orange and not even all around. From my collection -
I agree this is a dark photo so it is a bit hard to see it well enough. I just bought a phone off a friend and going to have to learn how to take better photos with it and get a set up that has good lighting. When I get it figured out i'll post better pics.
Try different background colors, not white, and snap several until the color appears in your image as it does to you eyes. It costs nothing but your time to do it. Then crop your pix to show mostly just the coin before uploading.
Could be ED. Could have been a detector find which was put back into circulation. Could have been someone playing with fire and heating it up. There's always the possibility of an improperly annealed planchet, but that would have to be authenticated by a top grading service, and then you spend a fortune, and and up with a $30 nickel that is worth 5 cents. Throw it back, and keep fishing.
That actually appears to be a pretty nice and very well struck early stage 2006P. Nice fresh dies both sides. I have stacked up quite a few with intense purple and orange tones. If you can afford the overhead and it really catches your eye, put it in a flip and keep it.
