Interesting Find From Circulation

FOund this nickel the other day in circulated rolls. I found many minor errors but this was my best find 1984 D mixed metal planchet!
I didn't notice the inprint on Jeffersons collar until this AM.
Also found some coins with lamination.

 

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Are you sure that is an error...the Nickels don't have a clad layer that would show through like that....I would almost go with a stained nickel...or someone playing with copper

Speedy

 

The copper spots are in the same location on both sides and where they touch the edge the edge of the coin is copper as well?

 

got an BU Wv quarter today. Gonna drop it at the bank for safekeeping. Has anyone else had their coins in a Safety deposit box tone gold? i'm thinking there's something funky in the air there.

 

Thanks for the thread. But since a 5 cent piece is comprised of a
copper-nickel alloy is it not posible to have defective planchets where the copper/nickel was not properly mixed?

 

the metals aren't mixed at the mint. The rolls come from sellers. and are prechecked, shipped, and probably checked again. I would doubt that the mint would allow that much of a slip in the metallurgy.

 

Looks to me just like normal severe corrosion... I have seen several nickels corroded to about this degree and don't think this one is especially unusual. Just depends on what chemical environment it's kept in. Keep a nickel in a warm, humid, slightly acidic and/or salty environment and it will end up looking like this eventually.

 

In addition, if your bank has metal safety deposit boxes rather than plastic ones, I would keep the coins in some type of non-reactive plastic holders (like mylar or polyethylene).

 

my coins are all raw in the box, with no silica or anything. :whistle:

 

Just now starting to receive dimes, nickels and cents all minted in 2005. Haven't seen any new ones until now!

 

All you had to do was tell me OldDan...I would have been glad to send a buddy of mine new coins near the first of the year!

Speedy

 

Found a 1938 S Mercury, In Good condition.

 

1950D Washington Quarter- VF. Cash drawer find.

 

1909 (no S or VDB) Lincoln in cash drawer at work in F

 

my best coin that I have ever found in my life, is a 1924-D in Fine condition which I recieved from my uncle along with some other pennies.

 

One of the tellers at work just brought a 1962-D Roosie over to my desk for me