1995-P Jefferson Nickel Date Error

The local coin dealer said a piece of metal was fused to a planchet before being punched with the die. Input? Thanks!

 

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I'd be more inclined to call that a die chip/gouge.

 

Agree with Rick. If it was what the dealer said, the piece of metal would have been struck into the planchet, flush with the field.

 

If it was fused to the planchet before the coin was struck, the fields around the "1" would be flat, and the "1" would be unaffected. I think it is a die break, too.

Chris

 

Thanks Rick, Menace, and Chris! Has anyone else come across one of these?

 

Don't remember seeing that same exact die but die chips are a very common occurance across all series.

 

Another good example of why you don't take a dealers opinion of what an error is unless they specialize in them. Your average dealer does not know errors. (Now a days many of them do not know coins, but they can read a slab and a graysheet.)