One Sided Jefferson Nickel

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I agree, this is my assessment also.

 

try flipping it..tails I win, heads you loose.

 

(Sigh!) And all this time I thought it was a dime rattling inside

 

"SMH" is the answer we give when we are unable to articulate anything that is even reminiscent of an argument. Your holier than thou attitude reeks of hypocrisy as you look down upon us shaking your head. You call folks Nazis for giving him the answer to his question. When he vehemently argued against the advice given, it was once again explained to him again why he is wrong and then when he stuck to his guns, he was told to go have it checked out. Blindly sticking up for the underdog who doesn't know when he's lost the fight and needs to stop is not always an advisable thing. Neither is insulting everyone on this forum who is here to help. You really ought to rethink your posts as you've broken rule #2 committing personal attacks. I've already decided to ignore you and I'm certain most of the folks here have as well.

 

What I would have liked to see was..." Okay folks, you all seem to be on the same page about this coin. Thank you all for your advice but just to be sure, I'm going to send it out to a TPG just for my own piece of mind, not that I necessarily disagree with you. I will get back to you all when the results come in". That "would" have been the classy thing to do. However, I doubt this will be the case. IMHO.

 

I couldn't agree more, and if the TPG slabbed it with some error we didn't think of, I'd be standing in line with my foot in mouth apologizing.

 

You're overanalyzing Jeffery I swear.


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It seems to me that too many people know everything about nickels, yet can still disagree amongst themselves almost endlessly. The original post said the coin was "...the same size shape and thickness as a normal Jefferson Nickel...". Now if the weight was stated, that would help to determine if the obverse had been removed abrasively. If the statement that the thickness is the same as a normal Jefferson nickel is true, that would also tend to indicate that no metal had been removed.

Let us not lose track of the idea that nearly anything is possible. Some worker at the mint may have been playing around or just made a mistake in setting up the machine.

It will be interesting to see how this thread plays out.

 

Coin nut, in order for this to have happened at the mint they would have to figure out how to get the upsetting mill to only raise a rim on ONE side, then they would have to load a blank die into the press in order to get enough pressure to the planchet to give a full image on the reverse. since these things happen on different machines in different areas of the mint it would take quite the conspiracy to create this and then get it out of the mint.

 

Benjamin is going down, swinging. If I found a nickel like that I would be to. However, I'm no coin expert so my experience is useless. Though after learning (taking notes) from this forum and other websites, I listen to them. If you want to send it in choose the cheapest route to see the results. This way you don't spend as much and won't be shocked or embarrassed as well.

My advice: It's your coin, do what you want with it but don't try to convince me without results.

 

Best advice in the thread so far. Indeed, it'd make a pretty good ending, since all we're doing is dogpiling now.

 

Has the weight been established?
Steve

 

No weight, no thickness, no good clear pictures have been provided by the OP.

 

I have a secret for you. Inside of every older person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened.

That is what is inside your nickel. Keep searching if you want but come back to this post in 50 years after your in home nurse changes your diaper, unless we have robots that just, nevermind...

 

Remember that 1776-1976 Statue of Liberty gold piece thread where, iirc, all we were given to work with was a very general photo, and later "Mrs. Truth" (or whatever) started another thread in order to call us all big meanies?

I'm pretty sure that's what he's referencing.

 

Love that SNG photo and the sentiment it represents! Big series fan here. Hilarious. I could use that to represent sooooo many experiences in my life. Love it!
(Sorry, I know this has absolutely nothing to do with the hobby but I just had to express my amusement with this).

 

Some time back my friend, I used to think of this forum in the manner that you expressed as 'coin snobs'. I can tell you that whether or not the 'snob' part is valid or not (depending of course on your interpretation of what constitutes a 'snob'), the basic fact remains. That fact is that these folks here are EXTREMELY well versed in their hobby/profession. You'd be wise to accept the collective criticism for what it is, and call it free education and then move on. The longer you frequent this place, the more you'll see that this is true. I know that sometimes the truth hurts but, truth is truth and MOST of the folks in here know exactly what they're talking about and again, you'd be wise to accept what their opinions are. It's free and it's usually correct. Have a good day bro!

 

I don't know...Somewhat of a newbie. I've been collecting coins for year and joined this website, which is great because you can ask questions without feeling stupid.
The Nick I have below is similar to Benjamin's Nickel , but you can see a little bit of Jefferson's impression on the front. What do you guys and gals think?

 

I think that it is possible that the coin was struck through something. I would think a cloth more likely than grease, but it does not resemble what I would expect of a coin that was damaged post-mint.

I would also weigh the coin just to give us more data to work with. If the coin weighs exactly what it should, my theory becomes more plausible. If the coin is light, then it is a less likely scenario.