Black beauty nickel

I was wondering if anyone has come across any other dates of black beauty nickels cause i think i found a 2013 one its m
Not black from wear amd tear its different i camt explain it but its shiny still with luster but has a blak kinda silvery rainbow tone

 

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Sorry. For bad pics its really new and shiny in hand

 

Not a black beauty. That is discoloration from environmental factors.

 

Ok thanks curious why it looks so new though ive seen a million black nickels but yhisone has luster stil and orher than color looks straight frim the mint im not sayin your wrong cause im sure your right im.just curious

 

Excuse me if I misinterpreted your comment. The "Black beauty nickels " that warrant high cost are not just nickles that end up blackish from anything. It has to be from a specific problem in annealing the coin metal before minting the coins, Look the subject up ( Google will have specific threads that have been on here and elsewhere). there are only certain years that this seems to have happened at the mint and should help. It is not just a discolored nickel in general. Jim

 

Thats what im saying this nickel looks like.

 

I respectfully disagree. Here’s mine for comparison.

 

Here are two posts from me about it

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/overheated-planchet-or-pmd-on-2017p-nickel.325690/#post-3218797

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-lesson-on-copper-color-annealing-with-2-cool-examples.320838/

 

Correct.. Late 1950's and early 1960's is where you find most Black Beauties

Here are 2 from my collection -


And my old thread showing some other coins with Improper Annealed errors.
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1959-5c-improperly-annealed-black-beauty-and-4-others.268274/

 

Agree. Same Here. They can also turn pink, red, and other shades of red.

 

Sure they can turn different colors..
But then they're not black nickels, they're discolored.Black nickels are the very hot or overheated planchets, ones that are a lesser temperatures, will show a lesser degree of discoloration.

 

Environmental toning

 

They can turn many shades... but there is a difference between a "toned" coin, or a discolored coin, and a Black Beauty. Many factors play into it, but a genuine and true Black Beauty is black, solid in color ( not cloudy), and is so because it was subjected to "extreme" and even excessive heat. It has gone through a complete physical and chemical change. This can not always be said about toned or shaded coins, as they have not reached the point or temperature/conditions to where they become black....

 

hey friend , sorry i just jumped in here , but i think ...maybe Black Beauty a 1943

 

This thread is over a year old so best to start a new one. Not a black beauty, just toning as the nickel has silver.

 

Nope.. You have a Environmental Exposure Toned silver War Nickel

 

lol my bad thanks

 

Thanks man