Anyone ever see a Buffalo Nickel Struck on a Thin Planchet? Weighs 3.2 grams.--SEE PICTURES

Rampage

I am in the process of sorting out dateless from dated Buffalo nickels for a friend of mine and am looking for certain varieties while doing this. So, far, I've found two 1935 DDR (the big one) and this thin planchet. I almost dumped it because I thought it was worn, but when I did a double take on it, it was obvious what was going on with it. I will post scans tonight. I just weighed it and it weighs 3.2 grams. A normal one weighs 5.0 grams.

Anyway, I thought it was neat. Almost forgot, it is dated 1936S.

NOTE: I have not found any three-leggers and 3.5-leggers, but am looking. I think I may have found a 36D 3.5, but can't really tell.

For those interested, so far, I've sorted I guess about 10,000 nickels and still have piles more to go. That 10,000 is just a guess. It will be well more than that by the time I am finished.

tahoe98

<< <i>I am in the process of sorting out dateless from dated Buffalo nickels for a friend of mine and am looking for certain varieties while doing this. So, far, I've found two 1935 DDR (the big one) and this thin planchet. I almost dumped it because I thought it was worn, but when I did a double take on it, it was obvious what was going on with it. I will post scans tonight. I just weighed it and it weighs 3.2 grams. A normal one weighs 5.0 grams.

Anyway, I thought it was neat. Almost forgot, it is dated 1936S.

NOTE: I have not found any three-leggers and 3.5-leggers, but am looking. I think I may have found a 36D 3.5, but can't really tell.

For those interested, so far, I've sorted I guess about 10,000 nickels and still have piles more to go. That 10,000 is just a guess. It will be well more than that by the time I am finished. >>



...hmmm. 3.2 grams is the same weight as the pre-1982 lincoln cents also. could it be a buff on a cent planchet?

CaptHenway

I have owned two different Buffalo nickels struck on split planchets.
Will look at the pix tonight.
TD

Rampage

Yeah, I wish it was struck on a copper planchet. No joy there, though. I just posted the scans in the first post.

tahoe98

<< <i>Yeah, I wish it was struck on a copper planchet. No joy there, though. I just posted the scans in the first post. >>




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AUandAG

Looks acid treated to my eyes.

bob

Rampage

<< <i>Looks acid treated to my eyes.
bob >>



100% not acid treated.

Rampage

Anyone else? Where is Fred at tonight?

Broadstruck

It doesn't look acid treated at all just well circulated... think a gram worth of meat could have smoothed away in commerce

Rampage

<< <i>It doesn't look acid treated at all just well circulated... think gram worth of meat could have smoothed away in commerce >>


I agree, it is circulated, but also weakly struck due to the thin planchet. It is 1.8 grams too light.

Broadstruck

Wait looking at it again is the rear of cheek and neck of the Indian along with the Feather tip shallow

CaptHenway

Definitely a genuine error, struck on a thin planchet.
I cannot tell if it split or was rolled thin, but it came out of the Mint that way.
TD

errormaven

I see no trace of striations, so it's probably exactly what you concluded -- a nickel struck on a planchet punched out of rolled-thin stock. While I've only seen a few buffalo nickel errors of this type, I've seen plenty among Jefferson nickels.

crazyhounddog

looks as struck, and very interesting

guitarwes

I venture to say most of the presumed "wear" is not wear, but a weak strike due to the dies not making full contact because of the thin planchet.

Cool error. Very cool find.

Rampage

<< <i>I see no trace of striations, so it's probably exactly what you concluded -- a nickel struck on a planchet punched out of rolled-thin stock. While I've only seen a few buffalo nickel errors of this type, I've seen plenty among Jefferson nickels. >>


Thanks guys. Yeah, there are no striations ont he planchet, so it is most likely a thin planchet. I've just never seen one so underweight and have never seen one on a Buffalo before. But, you are correct in that I have seen a few on Jeffersons before.

Anyway, thanks again. I still have another 10,000 or so Buffalos to sort through. Maybe I will get lucky and find more stuff. I like the 35 DDRs I've found so far, maybe can get more.

SullivanNumismatics

The coin is probably on rolled thin stock, as Mike stated earlier, or it could very possibly simply be on an end-of-strip (tapered planchet) planchet. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the two error types with this coin since the coin is uniformly thin. I've seen several buffalo nickels on thinner than normal planchets, and they were not on split planchets as I have no doubt this coin is not either. So more than likely, the best you could do is say that the coin is struck on an underweight 3.2 gram planchet. It's not particularly valuable, especially in it's condition, and I would guesstimate it's somewhere in the $30-$65 value range.

Jon