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    Partial collar error?

    I just recently acquired this coin. It is a uncirculated 1996D nickel with what appears to be a unusual partial collar error. What could cause the bulging and reeding-like appearance on the edge.
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    I could be wrong on this one, but my suspicion is that this was an encased coin at one time (good luck charm, etc.) and the marks that you are seen on the edge of the coin are from when the coin was encased.

    I am confident that this is not a mint error.

    BJ Neff
    Member of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C.

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    • #3
      Nice coin but I'd have to side with BJ on this one.. Keep searching good errors are out there.
      Still the best "Nickel Trail Die Hunter". 2013 ((MIKEE)) T.Davis

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      • #4
        This is a genuine partial collar error. It was struck with an inverted die setup such that the reverse die functioned as the hammer die (that's not an error). Unfortunately the coin was damaged afterward in a coin-sorting or coin-wrapping machine that left a serrated pattern on the protruding portion of the edge.
        Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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