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CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 11,238 ✭✭✭✭✭

Crusty nickels and out pops this beauty. Unfortunately no steps.




Then the very next roll - Is this PMD, broad struck, or what?





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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 43,368 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The 57 is worn down. Look at the hair near the ear.

    The other coin is PMD, it's had the rim rolled up

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    CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 11,238 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 13, 2019 5:35PM

    @jmlanzaf said:
    The 57 is worn down. Look at the hair near the ear.

    The other coin is PMD, it's had the rim rolled up

    Yea I saw that too - I got there a few years too late. It was just nice to see something shiny :)

    Like in a coin rolling machine?

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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 43,368 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CoinscratchFever said:

    @jmlanzaf said:
    The 57 is worn down. Look at the hair near the ear.

    The other coin is PMD, it's had the rim rolled up

    Yea I saw that too - I got there a few years too late.

    Like in a coin rolling machine?

    Looks to me more like someone making jewelry. It's too regular to be accidental.

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    CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 11,238 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 13, 2019 5:48PM

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @CoinscratchFever said:

    @jmlanzaf said:
    The 57 is worn down. Look at the hair near the ear.

    The other coin is PMD, it's had the rim rolled up

    Yea I saw that too - I got there a few years too late.

    Like in a coin rolling machine?

    Looks to me more like someone making jewelry. It's too regular to be accidental.

    Well, they picked an ugly coin to make jewelry with - Maybe it was for practice.

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    CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 11,238 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Okay then - Dang it! :)

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    HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a train’s wheel. Notice only one edge has the lip.

    Maybe someone was making a homemade model train set? Then realized it was easier to just buy a wheel and used the nickel during the purchase. :)

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    CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 11,238 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Hemispherical . Well there you have it! Or maybe they were trying to flatten a penny and realized the nickel was too small.
    You never cease to amaze me that is an exact replica of MY nickel. Shaking head and going to bed :|

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    braddickbraddick Posts: 25,238 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't believe the 1957 is worn down, rather it is a weak strike.

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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 43,368 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @braddick said:
    I don't believe the 1957 is worn down, rather it is a weak strike.

    I think that's part of it. But the appear to be abrasions on the ear.

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    CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 11,238 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf . Maybe the ear abrasions are from being in a coin roll, looks like the highest point. There is more on the shoulder easier to see in the cell pic.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,721 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The 2001 is PMD... weird find in a coin roll...usually makes the roll irregular. Cheers, RickO

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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 43,368 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CoinscratchFever said:
    @jmlanzaf . Maybe the ear abrasions are from being in a coin roll, looks like the highest point. There is more on the shoulder easier to see in the cell pic.

    @CoinscratchFever said:
    @jmlanzaf . Maybe the ear abrasions are from being in a coin roll, looks like the highest point. There is more on the shoulder easier to see in the cell pic.

    IDK. I'm just looking at a picture. But I see light abrasions and luster breaks. It also looks like the reverse die was heavily polished which has led to a weak strike and loss of detail. It's somewhat interesting, but it is not UNC to my eye.

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    thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 14, 2019 12:57PM

    "That which is clearly different
    is easily spotted
    while that which is truly special
    passes by unnoticed..."

       ~Ancient thisistheshow Proverb~ 
    

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