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<p>[QUOTE="PyrotekNX, post: 90653, member: 3918"]It's obviously post-mint damage. The last time a nickel cent was made was in 1864 and a transitional error seems out of the question to me. There isn't a rim or anything like that so it's not an overstrike. It also doesn't appear to be perfectly round.</p><p><br /></p><p>People have done many interesting things with coins. Even though these coins don't have much or any nuministic value, they are still collectable. Examples are the 1883 no cent "racketeer" V Nickel, hobo nickels, elongated cents, shrunken coins and good luck tokens.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PyrotekNX, post: 90653, member: 3918"]It's obviously post-mint damage. The last time a nickel cent was made was in 1864 and a transitional error seems out of the question to me. There isn't a rim or anything like that so it's not an overstrike. It also doesn't appear to be perfectly round. People have done many interesting things with coins. Even though these coins don't have much or any nuministic value, they are still collectable. Examples are the 1883 no cent "racketeer" V Nickel, hobo nickels, elongated cents, shrunken coins and good luck tokens.[/QUOTE]
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