Found this War nickel in one of my vending machines. Is this an error ?

Watchbelieve · April 5, 2018 7:55AM

silverpop · April 5, 2018 7:56AM

could be i gather

i think i see some issues on the letters F and I in five

FredWeinberg · April 5, 2018 7:58AM

It's a planchet lamination.

Extremely common on Warnicks.

Looks like some rim damage around the "In"
and up to about 9:00

Azurescens · April 5, 2018 8:07AM

It's a very nice delamination error. Essentially the metals didn't mix properly (the short version).

Buffalos and war nicks and liberty nicks are pretty common (along with wheat cents), and are super fun to collect.

They're really the only coins I'll pay more than what they're worth - a few bucks.

My last pickup. Sold for the delam on the reverse (EPU), had another one on its horn.. I think.. (??) Looks more like a filled die crack.

2nd coin grandpa bought during ww1 in Italy. My favorite. Gave me "The Bug" for these as a boy.

davewesen · April 5, 2018 1:12PM

the war nickels are 35% silver (56% copper, 9% manganese) and generally sell for near $1 retail

Azurescens · April 5, 2018 1:39PM

The non-key dates get 3 to 5 bucks if a lot of the metal is retained. Usually when a lot falls off the coin can start to corrode and get nasty. I had one years ago that the front of it just sheered right off. Broke my heart. I've got it somewhere. I could see OP's being 3 to 5 bucks. My 1913 type raised ground fetched 26. There was another for 45ish.

V nicks in good shape with retained metal can sell well. Usually if it's not AU and the delamination is minor or a lot of metal lost, it's not worth much. A lot of people see them as damages and you can find them in change.