Raised edge on Jefferson Nickle. What is the error?

[mchera]

I am unable to find this error but it's probably a common one. The edge of the coin is raised about 1/16 of an inch. The normal info for a Jefferson nickle is normal and present but go up the side of the raised edge. I have to admit to being very old and easily confused hence the inability to find the error. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[Tigershore]

You have a dryer coin. This is not an error it is damage or PMD (Post Mint Damage).

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[MintErrors]

In my opinion, this coin might be either a dryer coin or has been beaten by a spoon/hammer. Let me explain both.

When a coin is trapped in a dryer, it will continuously get heated and fall from a height, that will cause the coin to get slightly smaller in diameter and the rim of the coin will become higher. Sometimes, depending on the coins metal composition, the area near the rim around the coin will look muddied, since excessive hear will affect the coin, especially Lincoln cents in commercial dryer. This can cause the coin to discolored, almost burn looking. Depends on the metal, temperature and time it was affected.

The other is some one can take a nickel and using anything from a spoon to a light ball peen style hammer, they beat yhe side of the nickel, in hopes for it to stay rounded. They can create their own rings that way. If they do it right, they might even keep parts of the design of the coin when the ring is complete.

There are other possibilities, but those are the most popular post mint damage (PMD) issues I have seen.

When you look at the coin, it looks like it was struck normally, which means that this probably happened after the strike. It would have had to been normal to fit in the press and collar. So, I believe it to be PMD.

[mchera]

Thanks makes sense although i am disappointed.

[MintErrors]

In my opinion, This hobby gives many disappointments and occasional rewards. People need a ton of patience and have logical thinking process to weed out the varieties from the junk. It depends on how a person approaches the hobby.

I started out roll hunting. That lasted a few weeks, then I started buying BU rolls and then BU bags of coins. I decided that BU was the way to go for me. It higher value potential, and the varieties would be easier to find. It depends on budget, risk and time and potential investment of tools to make the job easier.

Foriegn European countries have a wider selection of varieties available than what the US has to offer. The European countries have a good selection of overdates and some doubled dies.

Happy hunting.