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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NOS, post: 4640246, member: 2098&quot;]It&#039;s not staining at all. What you&#039;re looking at is the copper beneath the nickel. Nickels are made from 75% copper and 25% nickel. The <a href="https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/coin-specifications" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/coin-specifications" rel="nofollow">mint</a> refers to it as Cupro-Nickel.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever happened with this nickel to result in the outer nickel being removed is unusual. Perhaps someone was bored in their garage and attempted to operate on the coin to see what was beneath its surface.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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