1883 V nickel

[Shleppodella1]

Is this a misaligned die on obv is that doubling or mechanical? Or is that a different form of "shelves"? Also thank you Gary I received my new "learning toolz" yesterday and I plan on putting them to use!

[MintErrors]

You are welcome. As for this coin, in my opinion this looks rim related. I don't know enough about the V Nickel design, but I "assume" the minting process is the same. If so, the working dies don't have rims. The upsetting mill puts them on a recently punched blank. The denticles should be the on the working die, and they would have to touch or cover the rim on one side of the coin in order for it to be considered a MAD.

I kind of looks like the rim was separating, but I am not certain of the cause. I can guess.....it might have been from improper alloy mix, the planchet was slightly larger and it's either a collar related issue. Or, the coin when going through the upset mill may have had an issue either the planchet was too big or other condition.

For me, it's really tough to know why it seperated.

As far as the possible doubling on the letters, when I get back to the office and research to see if this year had any ddo/ddr varieties.

One thing that good to know is "Longacre doubling".
A reference is here
https://coinweek.com/5-cent-nickels-...nts-1883-1912/

[occnumis2021]

fwiw, i was just reading on error-ref recently, this very effect.(there are a few related instances/events leading to these effects, the rim at k1-3)

people really need to spend some serious time on that site as it answers a huge amount of the inquiries that come to this site.

glad you mention longacre doubling, it is on a few issues of coinage and gets a LOT of people exited the first times they see it.

for my part, the rev is MD.