Hey guys, I found this coin while look through my coin jar and it seemed really interesting. It seems like some sort of mint error, and I was wondering if it has any value or specific name. Below are some pictures. Tell me what you think. Thanks!
That is Post Mint Damage, PMD. I find these all the time while roll searching. No added value, sorry.
I'm fairly certain that this is PMD (post mint damage). This coin has probably been through a lot in circulation. There is no added value. Edit...beaten to the punch by above post:smile
I would agree that it is PMD. It doesn't help that the master hubs and dies were quite worn at this point making the details a little blobby. 1982 was a transitional year since they sharpened and adjusted both obverse and reverse details.
Not to make fun of you Martk, but if I had a nickel for every time a new person came and asking if there coin was an error and it turned out to be PMD i'd have $154.65
LOL so precise, i just got excited mainly cause of the deformity that cuts through all the letters on the head side of the coin, but i guess its just PMD : /
As VDB said, no desire to "make fun" of any individual here...however, I think this raises an interesting point....there are, indeed, a TRUCKLOAD of these threads, asking about errors and varieties found in circulation. There's a 7 yr old sticky in "Error Coins" called Is My Two Headed/Tailed Coin Real? which touches on one particular "error" (Though, the article linked in its very first post now returns a 404) but nothing else. Would it be appropriate for 3-4 of our resident error/doubling/variety experts to get together, and write a sticky post regarding the common PMD posted as "errors", the most common types of "doubling" incorrectly labeled as such, and a brief discussion of the odds of finding these sorts of things in circulation? Not only would it, I think, centralize some valuable information for all of us, but it might also spare newer visitors what is sure to be a disappointing and...let's be frank... occasionally embarrassing first experience here at CT. Just a thought... ========== Once again, martk, this is in no way directed at you. You asked a legitimate question, and accepted the input of more experienced numismatists with grace and class, using it as an opportunity to learn. Not a THING wrong with that.
I actually just found one that is almost identical to your coin, its a nickel too but 1976-D, but instead of the ware pattern like yours, mine is almost a spiral that covers monticello, besides that the rest of the coin appears nearly identical, even down to the worn away and flattened text. I think its caused by some form of machining process. Im keeping mine, its a cool oddity regardless of its damage.
Golly folks! For people who don't want to make fun, you certainly do a snappy job of it!! Were any of y0u ever newbies with questions at one time?
Well.... Often times a persons humor doesn’t translate well via a forum. A budding numismatist will rightfully feel overwhelmed by this hobby at the outset. I been at it almost fifty years and I still do. Just know that these guys are trying to offer their own lighthearted slant to things. Stick around. You will come to love em. And learn a lot in the process.
As opposed to your one and only comment ever being a necro-post of a 6 year old thread? You have no idea what you are talking about. Delete your account.
I know this is three years old but this is the thread that came up when I searched 1981 nickel errors. I have been looking at my coins recently. Interestingly though, I have the exact same coin discovery. Shape looks exactly the same and in the same area also. Not the same coin though. How could it be a PMD, if it’s identical? Thanks for taking the time to respond.
