I found a seemingly copper 1985 P nickel, but not much info about it. Any ideas?

Both.

 

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Depends on what made it a 'copper nickel'

If you mean a Nickel struck on a Cent planchet,
most of them are worth $150-$200 or so, depending
on condition. AU's less, Gem BU's more. Rare dates more.

If you mean a mis-annealed planchet, depends
on if it's on both sides, one side, partial, full, etc.
In general, and there are exceptions, they can
run $20-$50, spending on those factors.

Hope this helps.

 

It does. Thank you, sincerely.

 

It means that we get threads about coins like this just about as often as a full moon.

Chris

 

Cool. Glad you are welcoming to people with questions about coins, on a coin forum.
No need to be a condescending edit about it.

I know it is minor, no infraction this time, but it is against the rules, please read them

 

Here is a Nickel struck on a Copper Planchet intended for a Cent.
It is the same size, width and weight that a copper cent should be. Those are the 3 most important factors to determine it is a true Mint Error -
Got this one for $200.00 from Fred Weinberg -

 

Here are 2 Improperly Annealed Planchet -
Also known as a Black Beauty from my collection -

 

Relax, champ. Chances are he probably wasn’t talking about more reasonable folks but the clowns that want to argue and spew BS when told what they don’t want to hear.

 

@cpm9ball I think you have the record for the most derogatory name calling here on CoinTalk..
That's funny but sad at the same time! ....

 

Weird, it's not like he often shows up simply to insult people on the threads. Oh wait... he just did that on one of mine as well.

 

I think that an interesting fact about nickels that people don’t realize and has completely escaped this discussion is this:

Nickels are made of 75% copper.

That said, once and for all, please understand that although it doesn’t take a world-renowned numismatist to see that your coin is not ANY kind of error, but simply a nickel that has been badly treated and is damaged, and tell you as much.

Whether you realize it or not, you have had the pleasure of exactly that.

 

There actually is such a thing as a copper nickel they are nickels struck on a copper cent planchet where some of the copper actually burns into the top layer of the nickel and they are a anacs us error coin and I've seen some of them going for $200-$300 so u might want to check into it a little more before u ruin the coin trying to clean it

 

There actually is such a thing as a copper nickel they are nickels struck on a copper cent planchet where some of the copper actually burns into the top layer of the nickel and they are a anacs us error coin and I've seen some of them going for $200-$300 so u might want to check into it a little more before u ruin the coin trying to clean it