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merz2merz2 Posts: 2,474 ✭
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My wife found a weird looking 2006 nickel.It appears to be made of solid copper.It isn't a planchet error.I was wondering if any of you coin guru's has seen this error,or heard of it before ?
Don
Registry 1909-1958 Proof Lincolns

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    keepdachangekeepdachange Posts: 1,374
    How about a pic?
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    merz2merz2 Posts: 2,474 ✭
    I'll have to see what I can do.
    Don
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    mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭
    sure its not gold plated or something like that? Definitely lets see a pic!
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    coinman420coinman420 Posts: 4,666 ✭
    possibly plated. pics would help.
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    MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    image
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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    merz2merz2 Posts: 2,474 ✭
    I am sure not Gold plated,or even copper plated.I collected many lincolns in my day and I'm sure.
    Don
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    merz2merz2 Posts: 2,474 ✭
    Long time old friend.
    Don
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    notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    Weighing it might require a very accurate scale since a normal nickel alloy is 75% copper and copper and nickel have similar weights....my guess would be some galvanic corrosion that consumed the nickel from the surface leaving a surface layer of copper...but taht's just a gutshot guess without doing any research...-Jerry
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    merz2merz2 Posts: 2,474 ✭
    I thought they were an alloy and not plated.
    Don
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    ksteelheaderksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭
    Don, where the hell have you been hiding???
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    merz2merz2 Posts: 2,474 ✭
    I know it has been quite a while
    Don
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    notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I thought they were an alloy and not plated. >>



    Yes, that is correct. My post was talking about removing the nickel from the surface layer making a de-facto plate. --jerry
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    goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    Hi DON!!!
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    MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    HI GOOSE!!!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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    MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Don asked me to post this.

    image
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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    merz2merz2 Posts: 2,474 ✭
    That is the best pic my wife can make with our camara.Sorry for it.
    Don
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    SottySotty Posts: 373 ✭
    If you put a nickel in the oven it will turn deep golden color firsr then fuscia then deep blue etc.
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    mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭
    better pic please. Hey see if you can get the macro setting on your camera. Looks like a flower on the camera that you can toggle to.

    Just looks dirty or something to me.
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    Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,875 ✭✭✭
    Perhaps copper sintered or copper washed, resulting from normal minting processes. An interesting but relatively low valued error that can be easily replicated outside the Mint.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
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    seanqseanq Posts: 8,575 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Perhaps copper sintered or copper washed, resulting from normal minting processes. An interesting but relatively low valued error that can be easily replicated outside the Mint. >>



    I agree with the Dog, sintered planchet. Should weigh the same as a normal nickel, it just picked up a microscopic coating of copper during the planchet preparation proecss.


    Sean Reynolds
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    FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sean, I disagree -

    From what I can see in the photo, the coin is simply
    discolored, and has no charactoristics of a Sintered Planchet.......

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors
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    LALASD4LALASD4 Posts: 3,602 ✭✭✭
    I think it was drop into some kind of chemical and changed color.
    Coin Collector, Chicken Owner, Licensed Tax Preparer & Insurance Broker/Agent.
    San Diego, CA


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