Its odd that most of the damage seems to be on the obverse side of the rim. Usually this type of coin is labeled a dryer coin or a spooning damaged coin.
Is that a large die chip in center of reverse ? Third photo. Is that the ob. and re. of same coin ? How did you get one to lay over the other in the same photo ? Or next to each other ? Have you altered the pics to get that effect ?
It’s damaged. The edge was beaten and that makes it larger. Cut out the center and you have a ring for your finger.
Spooned or dryer coin, but PMD either way. At what stage of the minting process did you think this could happen?
Mountain Man, I am not sure as to which stage to guess this could have happened...I was not aware of spooning damage or possibly dryer coin damage. ( I can not even believe someone could/would spoon a nickel with a medal spoon?!) wow....How long could THAT have taken?.....How many days??
Martha Lynn, no....Those are 2 different nickels...I put the "normal" one next to and underneath the bloated rim one so every one could see just how bloated it was.
Joe, service men during the war used to make rings out of coins. My dad served in the South Pacific during WW II and spent many a long hours on board with nothing to do, so, like many other men in his unit, would spend it beating a coin with a spoon until it was a wide band, and then drill out the center and smooth it so they could give it to their wife or sweet-heart to wear. Sort of the Navy version of "trench art."
Wow....I did not know that Mountain Man....Thanks for sharing that information...My Dad was in the Merchant Marines during WW II .....He never mentioned doing that to coins, but then he was a cook....So breakfast, lunch and supper I'm sure he was very busy
