Ground coin?

Coin_nut1977

Black 1998d with gold color. Ugly nickel for sure just never came across a nickel like this. Could it be any thing else beside corrosion? Just try to learn a bit.

Smudge

Looks like a metal detector find.

Smudge

@BillDugan1959 has a special jar. . .

Hydrant

@Smudge said:
@BillDugan1959 has a special jar. . .

DAMN!!!!!!! YOU BEAT ME TO IT!!!!!

emeraldATV

Looks like someone is sneaking up on him @ the southeast, sorry no arrows
The nose , knows

Jimnight

PMD.

Oldhoopster

Environmental damage.

Coins do not leave the mint looking like that. But the 75Cu25Ni alloy used in nickels (and the outer clad layers of dimes - halves) will react with numerous things in the environment.

ricko

Yep... that nickel has been in an unfriendly environment and suffered the consequences....Cheers, RickO

291fifth

Strictly environmental damage. Absolutely no numismatic value or interest.

BuffaloIronTail

Looks like some of the stuff I used to pull out of the ground.

Pete

Rktect1

Looks like cat-sick. I have seen one other coin look like that. We took an old half dollar and tried several different ways to clean it. After dips and polishes, etc etc. It looked like cat-sick to us.

Coin_nut1977

@291fifth said:
Strictly environmental damage. Absolutely no numismatic value or interest.

Thank u

Coin_nut1977

@Oldhoopster said:

Environmental damage.

Coins do not leave the mint looking like that. But the 75Cu25Ni alloy used in nickels (and the outer clad layers of dimes - halves) will react with numerous things in the environment.

Thanks