What do i have.....Brockage..Die clash..HELP...?????

mr

I just started coin roll hunting.I found a 1999-p jefferson nickel on the reverse it was struck the right way than another image of the reverse was stamped into the coin but in reverse. The images of the two buildings criss-cross each other to form an X both images are real clear and crisp. On the front the the image is all distorted and the dia. is bigger.????? was this done at the mint or later on????

Thanks.. Jeff



P.S. First time posting

P.S.S I will try to figure out how to add a photo

mr

Photos to go with first post....I hope!!!

mannie gray

Coin was damaged after striking.

Or, in coin terminology, PMD, = Post-Mint Damage.

TennesseeDave

2 coins squeezed together in a vise.

MWallace

2 coins squeezed together in a vise.

I agree.

thebeav

Originally posted by: TennesseeDave
2 coins squeezed together in a vise.

Yes, that's why the imprint is backward.

ricko

PMD... as stated above, coins in a vise.... attempt to make 'error' coin for profit.. Cheers, RickO

grip

Originally posted by: TennesseeDave
2 coins squeezed together in a vise.

Bingo!

silverpop

PMD

FredWeinberg

Yes, a good example of a 'sandwich' PMD coin

leothelyon

Well, with nothing to do this morning, I tried the vise theory with no good results. Not even a smidge of detail transfer occurred. I even hammered the vise handle to get the tightest squeeze, nothing. Only after I rapped the two coins with a regular hammer on an anvil was I able to leave a partial imprint of STATES into the EPU. Wasn't a centered hit. So I think a square hit with a slug hammer would get you a full image transfer. Am I going to try this............no.


Leo

mr

Thanks!!!! to everyone for your reply...And to leothelyon I will do the test with you... but you have to hold the nickles!!!!!!

lordmarcovan

OK, so PMD and therefore not worth anything, but still a fun find for face value.



Bet your pulse went up just a teeny bit, eh? Mine would've.



If you spend it, odds are it'll make its way into other discussions out there in cyberspace, or end up on eBay with a blurry cellphone picture and lots of breathless, ALL CAPS description. ("LOOK!!!! RARE!!! L@@K!!! LQQK!!!", etc.).



PS- didn't I read somewhere that people use some kind of pneumatic jack somehow to create the necessary pressure? I forget.



PPS- as newbie first posts go, I rate this one above average.



Posted pix on second post? Bravo.

johnny9434

post mint damage.

joeykoins

Yes, as always, solution solved. Hi and to school! I say school because you'll be taught not only in coins but in manners, ethics and business. This forum of ours is a great educational place. but not in only learning things but a place of FUN! Post often and like I said, have FUN. Once again,to our forum.-joey