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Unusual 1998 P Jefferson Nickel

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    Unusual 1998 P Jefferson Nickel

    Hello! I am new to this forum- ran across you guys after looking for information on an unusual nickel I found the other day. I have no idea if it is a mint error, PMD, or what... so hope someone can help! This nickel looks like two planchets struck together, but the diameter of the coin is slightly smaller than that of a normal nickel. The lettering on the edges of the coin kind of roll up the curvature of the side, and it is struck much deeper than a normal nickel, especially on the face.

    I had some trouble uploading photos, so I posted them to this blog. The photos appear in the same order as described below.

    http://rhino0911.blogspot.com/

    This is a scan of the face. Note the lettering as it curves up the sides.

    Reverse.

    This is a side view, scanned alongside a normal, thinner nickel.

    I tried to scan a normal nickel on top of the unusual one, but it didn't turn out real great. The left sides are lined up, and the right side has a shadow of overhang where the normal diameter nickel is.

    Anyone who has seen this before, or has an idea what might have happened to create this monstrosity, I would appreciate hearing from! Thanks in advance!
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    what you have here is two or maybe three pieces of nickels glued or sottered together in a very sloppy fashion. ever who did this was not trying to make a fake error coin , I can tell this by how they did not try to hide the spliced areas where the pieces were bonded together.someone was trying to make something to use but I'm not sure what it was , mostlikely it may have been intended to be used to make a ring with.

    also where you say the obverse side of the coin looks to be struck deeper this is caused to be this way because someone hammered along the coins edge and this pushed the metal out and made the coins smaller in diameter.this is similar to what we call a spooned or dryer coin. the spooned coins were done by prisoners or someone with lots of time on their hands , so in the end if they happened to get finished they were made into rings.
    Last edited by rascal; 05-08-2012, 11:39 PM.

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      OK, thanks for the insight. It looked pretty weird, but your explanation makes sense.

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        Originally posted by rhino View Post
        OK, thanks for the insight. It looked pretty weird, but your explanation makes sense.
        If you ever want to take these back apart you can use a common propane torch to heat them with and they should seperate.. I'm glad to help anyone I can. I remember how I was back about 40 some years ago when I first got interested in coins , I thought about every coin I looked at was a error and back then we didn't have the internet.

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