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Reeded Edge 1977 Nickel??

cjmezzcjmezz Posts: 467
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Anyone ever run across a 1977 Nickel with a reeded edge? Got one back in change today....doesn't look like someone took the time to do it themselves, looks exactly like the edge of a quarter??

Any value?
Thanks!
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  • BigRickBigRick Posts: 1,334
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Anyone ever run across a 1977 Nickel with a reeded edge? Got one back in change today....doesn't look like someone took the time to do it themselves, looks exactly like the edge of a quarter??

    Any value?
    Thanks! >>

    No but a fella on one of these forums reported something like this about a year or so ago.
    Turned out to be PMD. Pictures are definitely reeded..............I mean needed.
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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's not an error - the odds are it's
    been caught in a rolling/counting
    machine - the 'reeding' is probably
    at an angle on the edge of the coin,
    right, & not straight up and down like
    on a normal reeded edge?

    It's an effect seen on off center, double
    struck, and other error coins that are
    too large to go thru the machine properly.

    Post-mint damge......
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  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
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    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • cjmezzcjmezz Posts: 467
    sorry for the crappy phone pics..all i have at work right now!

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  • cjmezzcjmezz Posts: 467
    again sorry for the pics, but the more i look at it..the reeding looks perfect..the spacing is exact all the way around, there is no marring or nicks on the front or back on the nickel...not sure what to think!
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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 35,689 ✭✭✭✭✭
    shoot an obverse and reverse and post those too

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 35,689 ✭✭✭✭✭
    and is it thinner than a nickel? larger or smaller diameter than a nickel?

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  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,723 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Set your camera for macro mode (looks like a little flower) so we can focus better on the coin rather than your desktop.
  • cjmezzcjmezz Posts: 467
    I'll see what i can do on the pics....it is the exact same size as a regular nickel.....same weight as well....the front and back look exactly the same as well...no marks, nicks, etc.
    more pics to come
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  • EagleEyeEagleEye Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭✭✭
    if you lean it against the desk calender, it might hold steady and get in focus. Put a regular nickel next to it.
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  • InternetJunkyInternetJunky Posts: 2,329 ✭
    Very interesting - definitely looking forward to better pics and the experts opinions...
  • GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭✭
    Maybe a foreign planchet? Reeding looks too symmetrical and straight to be damage.
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  • cjmezzcjmezz Posts: 467
    sorry..no new pics yet..i tried with my cheap camera and just can't get it good enough! A guy at work is going to take it home and try his luck with it.........so, more pics to come..sometime!! image
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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If it's the same weight as a normal nickel,
    as stated, then it's a normal Jefferson 5C
    that's had the 'reeding' added to it.

    It can not be on a foreign planchet if it's
    the same weight as a nickel. Also, please
    remember that the Nickel Collar is plain,
    not reeded - and no, it's not possible that
    a reeded collar was placed in the Nickel
    press - there is no such thing as a nickel
    sized reeded collar.

    It's post minting damage, I'm sorry to say.
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  • cjmezzcjmezz Posts: 467
    I have 7-8 pics of this nickel compared to another nickel.....if you don't mind please shoot me a PM with your email address (anyone interested) and I will send you the photos
    Thanks
    CJ
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  • coolestcoolest Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
    A few years ago some nickels were reeded at a coin show (I think) as an aftermarket gimmick.
  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That was in 1937, and it was
    on BU 1937 Cents and Nickels.
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  • commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,096 ✭✭✭
    Here are pics:

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  • cjmezzcjmezz Posts: 467
    Thanks Paul for posting these pics......these are the best we could do with the limited photography skills we had!

    In the photos are the 1977 reeded edge nickel next to regular pocket change 40's nickel......hope these help a bit.
    thanks!
    CJ
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  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭
    Certainly interesting, just a thought.

    There are knurling tools that are used on lathes, chuck up a few nickels in between some centers and add the reeds. ~walaa~

    Google "knurling tools" and you will see some examples of what I am speaking of.
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