Was hunting through a box of nickels and just found this cool war nickel with a copper colored hue to it and almost green on the reverse. Sadly the greenish color doesnt show up well on camera. Any idea why it almost looks copper?
Probable either environmental damage or accidental plating in contaminated dip. Unattractive and nothing special.
I would echo others. When I used to buy these, rarely one would look like this instead of the dark normal tone. Not sure if anyone messed with it, but maybe 1/300 nickels would look like this.
Environmental damage, as mentioned, though I personally don't find it unattractive for a circulated War nickel. Gives it a sort of "antique patina" look. I kinda like it.
