JEFFERSON NICKEL ERROR 1988 P What's Going On With 5 cents?

I have circled the areas in question! Hope you can see the high relief on the reverse as well as the obverse! Does it have any value? Thanks for looking! 213sarah

 

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It's a die clash. They have a minimal value as they're fairly common.
A nice one for the collection.

 

So, this wouldn't be what they call a struck through?

 

Nope, different animal.
A strike through is when something foreign gets between the die and the planchet leaving an impression of the object.
A clash is when the dies come together without a planchet in between them. The result is often the dies will leave an impression of themselves on the opposite die.
Note on your coin, on the reverse, the outline of the top of Jeffersons head below the FIVE CENTS and the outline of his jacket above the building. Remember the dies are upside down with respect to each other.

 

I SEE! So, when the two die strike w/no planchet the impression on the die is then left on the mint of a coin, when a planchet is in the die. So, the damaged die will continue to produce 1000's upon 10,000's of these errors, until the die are worn and changed. Thanks! 213sarah

 

I dug through my collection last night and found this coin! Would this be a Struck Through, Lamination or Defective Planchet?

 

^ I would call that post mint damage.

 

For future reference, here is a link to the Coneca glossary of error and variety definitions

http://conecaonline.org/content/glossary.html

 

^^^Thank You for the link! 213sarah

 

I would call that "drove over" because it looks like this coin laid in a busy street for a long time and countless cars and trucks drove over it. Some coins had a rough life and this is one of them.

 

Just a simple question! Why would the rim be crisp a tall and the field be pushed in? For examples notice front and above Lincolns head at 1 o'clock? Just a friendly question! 213sarah

 

This looks like the coin has had some type acid used on it to dissolve the copper , or maybe it has been lost for many years undergroung and corroded away.

 

I'll agree with that.
There you go rascal a second time we agree!!

 

The rim looks damaged to me.

 

How odd, I just found a nickel today that has almost identical clashing, i mean down to the very detail of each mark. Only difference is my nickel is an 83-P. How is it possible that 2 nickels from such different years could have nearly the same exact clashing.?

 

lol. in pics 2 & 3 of the OP it looks like you drew smiley faces.

 

Why would you expect the clash marks to be different with the same obverse and reverse designs?

 

I had the same thought. you just beat me to the comment Hobo.

 

I posted before i remembered what a clash was, everyone can ignore my last comment. Its the first clash iv found, so it was cool to find.

 

I agree finding them does make us a little excited.