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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 547884, member: 4350&quot;]Hi,</p><p>The first cent was plated outside the Mint.&nbsp; It has no value other than one cent.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The first nickel may be on a planchet where the alloy ended up a little dark.&nbsp; Not unusual in the mid to late fifties with U.S. five cent coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second nickel could have been struck on a planchet made of a poorly mixed alloy but is more likely a victim of what we call environmental damage.&nbsp; A few ways that that occurs, for example would be being buried and found again by a metal detectorist.&nbsp; Being in a &quot;fountain&quot;&nbsp; or pool of a mall where the chemicals in the water damage the coin.</p><p>Or even something as simple as spilling a soda on a coin.&nbsp; You won&#039;t believe the kind of rot that eventually causes.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case.&nbsp; The third one is just damaged.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Bill[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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