How do this happen in mints? I've seen foreign coins, restruck with a US coin design, how does this even get into circulation?
Probably a mint employee exploited his job, to produce a unique error. If he was able to sneak the coin out, he could sell the coin for a lot of money.
I must be missing something. You asked "How does this happen..." WHAT?? Is there a picture to accompany this thread? Sorry. I guess I don't understand. Jack
Thanks for sending the pics. My suspicion is that this is a very intentional act of defacing the coin. It most likely is PMD. Look at the way that Monticello has been stretched to the very edges of the coin. Jack
The "extended Monticello" could be due to the planchet size. The 5c coin from Peru has a diameter of 17 mm while the US nickel is 21.2 mm or so. But I tend to share the POV that this is a "fabricated" piece ... Christian
