Error nickel struck on tin foil .............

ctf_error_coins

is one way this error coin was described by the seller. We booth knew it was not struck on tin foil but it was a good way to describe this coin. A normal nickel weighs 5 grams and this coin weighs ONLY .12 GRAMS!!!!!!!!

NGC describes this coin as a multi struck on a thin fragment. I think this fragment came from a a very expanded die cap, but do not know for sure. How do you think how this coin was formed???

ThePennyLady

That is a really neat and unusual error - however it got that way!

savoyspecial

Mult. struck on scrap

gecko109

Heavy gauge aluminum foil, common nickel, rubber mallet.

How many would you like me to make for you?

SullivanNumismatics

<< <i>is one way this error coin was described by the seller. We booth knew it was not struck on tin foil but it was a good way to describe this coin. A normal nickel weighs 5 grams and this coin weighs ONLY .12 GRAMS!!!!!!!!

NGC describes this coin as a multi struck on a thin fragment. I think this fragment came from a a very expanded die cap, but do not know for sure. How do you think how this coin was formed???
>>



It looks to me like either the base of a die cap (as you said) or simply "unidentifiable" scrap. I think it's most likely the base of a die cap which struck a lot of coins and became super-thin.

Jon

dcarr

<< <i>Heavy gauge aluminum foil, common nickel, rubber mallet.

How many would you like me to make for you? >>



Exactly.

Neat error though, if genuine.

hammered54

<< <i>Heavy gauge aluminum foil, common nickel, rubber mallet.

How many would you like me to make for you? >>



just one would be fine.

goodmoney4badmoney

Glad you like the coin! I had this piece for a while and looked at it many times. Part of me thinks it is the base of some kind of cap, but part of me wonders if it is some kind of odd scrap. I believe there are a couple more like it out there if memory serves correctly. To clarify a bit, I think I did call it "foil" but not like tin foil.....just thin like a foil. I probably stole the term "foil" from Mr. Diamond as I recall he described this coin that way.
--Travis

errormaven

While it could be the detached base of a late-stage die cap, there are other possibilities. I've seen a number of pieces of "struck foil" that probably didn't come from a die cap. One that I have is embedded in a nickel and is much wider than a nickel along one axis. Its color is also grayer.

StubbyMcNumbthumbs

If it is indeed a mint error, can it still be called a "nickel" at this point? ...or even a coin?

Unusual, to say the least. Just not sure what to call it. Scrap struck between nickel dies.

Interesting!

GrumpyEd

Neat error!

I can see the D, I wonder what year it is?

gonzer

<< <i> tin foil >>

????

Boy, someone's really dating themselves.

Nice coin.