Hello everybody,I'm a first time poster,and not a collector,really....I have a few "wheat pennies" and "buffalo nickels" but that's about it. I found (received back in change,lol) a nickel that has a small crescent cut into it (like another nickel was cut from the edge,another nickel sits there perfectly) ,and was wondering if it could be worth anything (more than $.05).If anyone has any info,it would be much appreciated. Thanks, Bladerunner
It could possibly be a clipped planchet which would have some premium depending on size. We would need decent pics to tell if it is real, though.
Actually what we need is a picture of the area opposite the clip. It does look genuine and is worth at least a couple or a few dollars. It could be more if it's a date that's hard to find clipped. These are made when the round planchets are cut out of a large sheet of copper-nickel. Sometimes the sheet gets moved in between passes of the blanking dies that cut out the planchets and it overlaps an existing hole. We need to see the other side of the coin because these type I planchets are rolled between two rollers to force the edges into a thicker shape creating a type II planchet. This thickness is needed because the coin needs extra metal around the edge in order to form the rim which is necessary so they can stacked and counted. The "Blakesly effect" is caused by the fact when the type I planchet is upset (rolled between rolllers) not enough metal to form the rim will be left opposite the clip.
the two pictures above are of the two sides....honesly,I'd sell it,but not for just a couple of bucks....but from what I've found since I found what it was called (thanks,guys),I don't see getting any more than about $10-$15 for it,and I guess it's worth more than that to me....kinda neat,really.... thank you all for your help and info.
