Well I found an "OMG" defect

Glennz · Oct 2, 2013

Well I found this little guy... I thought it was foreign at first as it got stuck in the wrapper.

No the protector has nothing to do with the coin besides protecting it.

Pacivilwarluke · Oct 2, 2013

Ouch! That's a cool find!

provingunique · Oct 3, 2013

Very nice!

Donneybrook · Oct 3, 2013

Sweet!

Dougmeister · Oct 3, 2013

Good thing you put the disclaimer about the protector. I was gonna post that you've found the world's first time-travelling coin ;-)

(nice error! What do you call that? Clipped planchet? Off-set die?)

gordonquixote · Oct 3, 2013

I'm always skeptical about clipped planchet coins.

Some guy in a machine shop can turn a $0.05 nickel into a $40.00 nickel in about ten seconds.

Donneybrook · Oct 3, 2013

gordonquixote said:
I'm always skeptical about clipped planchet coins.

Some guy in a machine shop can turn a $0.05 nickel into a $40.00 nickel in about ten seconds.

I too would have been skeptical of the clipped planchet, but since the planchet was so offset have many doubts.

Glennz · Oct 3, 2013

i'd think in a machine shop they would have made a larger chip as the larger ones are worth more.

amc rulz · Oct 3, 2013

I like!

KingTotsalot · Oct 6, 2013

It's a nice broadstrike! And KT thought he saw a clip at about 1:00 position in the first image...to determine if the clip is real, there is always opposite the clip a small area on the rim from it...It has a name but The King's memory ain't up to par to recall it right now!

Congrats on that find! Did you get it from a roll, or out of circulation, or from a coin box at your local dealer?

Glennz · Oct 6, 2013

I got it from a coin roll. Was quite surprised as it is larger than a reg nickle due to its defect, must have been hard to get in as it was hard to get out.

KingTotsalot · Oct 7, 2013

Glennz said:
I got it from a coin roll. Was quite surprised as it is larger than a reg nickle due to its defect, must have been hard to get in as it was hard to get out.

Yep, quite a nice find for a good mint error from a roll! Congrats!

Well I found an "OMG" defect

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