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Message:: [QUOTE="74Teen, post: 1654513, member: 44241"]Digging through oneof the junk boxes at my LCS today, I came across a Jefferson nickel that looks like it was, uh, that it's been, I mean, sort of like, ummmmm, I don't know. The reverse has some of Monticello, but no real rim, as well as a couple of bubbles and what looks like some extra little pieces of metal stuck to it. Kind of reminds me of a race tire when you go off line on the cool down lap and pick up some of the 'marbles.' The front is dated 1954, and has a 'negative' of what looks like 1959 impressed on it near the top of Jefferson's head. There's also a 'negative' of TRUST across the bottom rim as well as a 'negative' of LIBERTY about the same size and font as a Lincoln cent going straight up from the bottom of Jefferson. I can't imagine how this damage would have occurred at the mint, but it's a really cool looking coin. In my first attempt at taking coin pix, I pulled out the old Kodak and tried to take some shots. The ones that came out more or less in focus are way off on color, making the coin look copper. Anyway, if anyone would like to take a look and let me know how they think this poor little nickel came to be so disfigured, I'd certainly appreciate it!!! [ATTACH]242004.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]242005.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]242008.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]