I have a liberty nickel that has an odd wear pattern. When I compare the coin to the pictures in Photograde the wear looks unnatural. Most of the coins exhibit wear at the top front of the hair along with equivalent wear over the ear. This coin has no hair at the forehead at all and the wear over the ear is very slight. The reverse shows very little wear compared to the obverse. The rest of the obverse is pretty shap and detailed. Overall the coin looks AU or better to me, except that the hair at the front, the crown and the wheat is well worn. What would account for this odd wear?
I considered that too Mike and perhaps it is. But the two holes (or what appears to be two holes anyway) drilled at approx 12 & 6 o'clock make me think that perhaps this coin was once used as a piece of jewelry in a broach. If it was - then that might explain the heavier wear in one spot where either it rubbed on the wearer or was habitually rubbed by the wearer. Can't say it's true of course - just an idea that seems to make sense.
They are right in the edge of the coin and are half holes. The one at 6 o'clock on the reverse shows the drilled appearance best.
Isn't that part of the cardboard that didn't get cut??? Cause I'm still lost looking for a hole ;-) Speedy
I agree - notch is a better way to describe it, I just didn't think of it. I could also be totally wrong in my idea. But that view of the reverse at 6 - it sure looks like that notch/hole was made by a drill bit.
Hi, Got distracted by something bright and shiny and didn't see the posts until this morning. There are no holes in the coin, I think what you are seeing is the little remains of the die-cut process when they stamp out 2x2s. If you look carefully you can see that the white "holes" are actually part of the 2x2. I'm thinkin' filled die, but only because I can't think of another explanation. Without the wear how do you think the coin would grade?
Hi Lincoln 64 without the wear the coin would grade MS-70 LOL just kidding !! The coin looks to be about a VG-8 cant really grade it without the wear , the reverse is much stronger than the obverse, Kinda leads me to believe that it is a filled die on the obverse , if it is and can be attributed to that rather than wear then it could grade EF-45 filled die error . Rick
Yes, you can certainly call it an error coin. Filled die errors are pretty common and don't carry much of a premium unless a large portion of the design is partly or completely obliterated.
