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Why do the 2005 Buff nickels look so beat up?
stev32k
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I just went though two rolls of the new nickels and 99% of them look like they just came out of a washing machine full of gravel. Why are they so beat up? Did the mint change to a softer metal, or did they get new machinery that is harder on the coins, or what?
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<< <i>I think it may be due to the fact that they are stored in those large 2 ton bags now instead of the smaller denomination bags! >>
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In the last ten to fifteen years or so, even with the difference in planchets and amount of pressure used in the striking process, which IMHO (and after reading posts from Cladking and others), I think is caused due to the fact that the P mint strikes more coins and lowers the pressure of the dies in order to have dies last longer, which is the difference between the strikes for each respective mint.
Since the introduction of these huge 2 ton movement bags or whatever they want to call them, again IMHO, mint bags have taken at least a 1 to 2 point drop (on average) from what they averaged prior to the use of these bags. I still think the majority of top dawgs in the Registry (at least in nickels) come directly from mint sets. I was very upset in 2003 to search as many bags of P & D coins that I did, not to find 1 candidate for a possible MS67FS shot... not 1.
Hope this helps!
Steve
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<< <i>not to find 1 candidate for a possible MS67FS shot... not 1. >>
Was it the grade or the FS that was hard to find? I thought all modern nickels were now FS. Please correct me if I am wrong
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<< <i>not to find 1 candidate for a possible MS67FS shot... not 1. >>
Was it the grade or the FS that was hard to find? I thought all modern nickels were now FS. Please correct me if I am wrong >>
Most are considered full steps (5 or more)... the problem was the grade of MS67... IMHO. Most if not all of the coins had dings, cuts, etc, which were definitely post production which precluded the 67 designation.
BTW... I have a number of MS66FS examples from the 2003-P's, but very few or probably none of the 2003-D's... lol... who knows if the was just the number of bags I went through at the time, but I wasn't impressed with the quality after they went to those big bins.
Again, I hope this helps!
Steve
In memory of the USAF Security Forces lost: A1C Elizabeth N. Jacobson, 9/28/05; SSgt Brian McElroy, 1/22/06; TSgt Jason Norton, 1/22/06; A1C Lee Chavis, 10/14/06; SSgt John Self, 5/14/07; A1C Jason Nathan, 6/23/07; SSgt Travis Griffin, 4/3/08; 1Lt Joseph Helton, 9/8/09; SrA Nicholas J. Alden, 3/3/2011. God Bless them and all those who have lost loved ones in this war. I will never forget their loss.