help needed a.s.a.p

mrguby

guys i was just givin a jar ofold foreign coins by my 80 yr old neighbor. i came across a 1946d jefferson nickle, no big deal right? however it was strange looking. on both sides of jeff therims are flat and look chewed, but on the rims are stamped xx both sides. so 2 questions. 1. what the heck is it,,,and 2. should i send it out for grade.......i do not have a working camera which pisses me off. but if anyone has any idea please let me know, i probably will taje it to a coin shop here in ct over the weekend. thnx dave update on one side it is stamped // just like that

CEOcoinshopcom

Without pictures, hard to help.
Sounds like after-mint stuff.

originalisbest

Without a pic, hard to tell but I am 99.8% pure (sure) that it won't be anything but a damaged coin. Sounds as though it was clenched in a vise by some kid (probably) fooling around with dad's tools at some point in its life. You can spend it without remorse.

BigDowgie

Ditto! Don't sepnd it all in one place!

19Lyds

I have no idea what you are talking about given your description.

Borrow a camera for some pics. Use your cell phone. Borrow a cell phone but without pics, its anybodies guess.

OldEastside

That nickel sounds nasty

Steve

ctf_error_coins

PMD

JamesMurray

<< <i>Without a pic, hard to tell but I am 99.8% pure (sure) that it won't be anything but a damaged coin. Sounds as though it was clenched in a vise by some kid (probably) fooling around with dad's tools at some point in its life. You can spend it without remorse. >>



I think you nailed it there , i tried the same thing just now with a vice and then vice grips , it leaves a pattern not unlike 2 X's because of the curvature.

MsMorrisine

in this one case, a cell phone camera would probably do

DorkGirl

PMD, sounds like vise to me too.

calgolddiver

it's a nickel ....

derryb

give ya four Lincolns (with chewed rims) for it

originalisbest

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<< <i>Without a pic, hard to tell but I am 99.8% pure (sure) that it won't be anything but a damaged coin. Sounds as though it was clenched in a vise by some kid (probably) fooling around with dad's tools at some point in its life. You can spend it without remorse. >>



I think you nailed it there , i tried the same thing just now with a vice and then vice grips , it leaves a pattern not unlike 2 X's because of the curvature. >>



I think I recognized the symptoms, having tried out my dad's vise in my younger years in just that way!

TwoSides2aCoin

Thank the old boy and see if you can get his alumuminum cans next time.

WoodenJefferson

Not so fast here with the oh it's just PMD...well it is PMD, but a coin dealer, way back when, reeded some old Jefferson nickels and it was sort of his trademark.

Hope Andy or some other 'old timer' no pun intended but just have been around long enough for the full story.

Treashunt

actually the dealer put the reeding on 1936 Buffalo nickels and gave/sold them at an ANA show.

I think it was Beebe