These are two nickels I recently found in change and was wondering if they were missing their clad layers or just damaged. Thanks for the help! 1983D and 2005P
1983D and 2005P.........slightly larger pics.....Also, for the 1983D, it looks the same on the reverse and rim.
not clad Except for the 1942-45 wartime silver alloy, all nickels are coined on a 75% copper, 25% nickel planchet. Only post 1964 dimes, quarters, halves and (until 2000) dollars have clad planchets. Damage (environmental or other) would be my guess
2002-D missing most of the obv = environmental ? Only a little island of Jefferson' face is still elevated, everything around that is missing and sunken.
One nickels don't had clad layers they are one solid alloy all the way through. Two it likes like there is some kind of crud on the coin, not that anything is missing.
Nickels can lose a portion due to a lamination error as they are not clad. Without a better picture of the first coin in the thread, i can't be sure what the issue is The 2002 D is damaged. There is nothing missing. We call it environmental damage when some sort of chemical reaction has taken place. Reactions can occur from an assortment of things. Environmental damage is a catch-all for any type of damage along those lines. Also, Sacagawea dollars, Presidential dollars etc. are a clad composition. They are a pure copper core with clad layers composed of a manganese , brass alloy. The post that indicates that post 2000 dollar coins are not clad is incorrect. Thanks, Bill
