2004 D Nickel "copper color"

No magic just environmental damage.

 

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That means you ruined it
(I know this is an old thread)

 

I have a 2004p copper nickel with sailboat on back and below says Lewis and Clark. Is this worth money?

 

I have a 2004p copper nickel with sailboat on back and below says Lewis and Clark. Is this worth money?

 

Worth 5 cents. As in previous posts, it is environmental damage.

 

It's worth five cents and that nut a sailboat. It's a keelboat used by Lewis and Clark when they went in search of the headwaters of the Missouri River before heading to the Pacific Ocean. There are 4 coins, all nickels, that commemorate this.

 

Welcome to the neighborhood, Lori!

First, I should mention that it is always best if you post your own thread with photos of both sides of the coin in question. That way responses for the original, subject coin and your coin don't get mixed up.

FYI
In 2004, the US Mint changed the design of the nickel to commemorate the Lewis & Clark expedition. These design changes, commonly referred to as "Westward Journey" nickels, include the following:
> 2004 P,D&S - Peace Medal reverse.
> 2004 P,D&S - Keelboat reverse.
> 2005 P,D&S - Right-facing Jefferson obverse with Bison reverse.
> 2005 P,D&S - Right-facing Jefferson obverse with "Ocean in View" reverse.
> 2006 P,D&S - Forward-facing Jefferson obverse with "Return to Monticello" reverse.
NOTE: The "S" mintmark is proof only.

Chris

 

Try opening a new thread and post some pictures, not many people will answer your questions when you post on someone else's thread. If you're fishing you're in the wrong place.

 

What about the Black Knight variety?

 

Batman variety?.... Oh no wait That would be the Dark Knight

 

Oops, yeah I like the Superman variety as well, lol.

 

Oops, yeah I like the Superman variety as well, lol. The "Black Knight" is actually a satellite /spaceship that's been in the earth's orbit for a very long time and photographed by the ISS. I think it would be the "Black Beauty" I meant to say, an error in the annealing process?

 

All of the Nickels I have shown are environmental damage. The elements affected the copper that is mixed in with the Cupro-Nickel which is what Nickels are made of. So is the clad layer of clad coins.
Black beauties can be attributed a certain way.

 

And here are 2 examples from my collection

 

Understood.. Probably space junk

 

It's full of nickels the aliens stole.

 

If you ever find a nickel that's entirely discolored and is somewhere between a copper and brass color, that's someone's science experiment. Back when I was in high school, my chemistry teacher showed us this trick where if if heated a clad coin with a torch until it turned red hot, and then quench it in blue windex, the entire coin would turn a coppery brass color. Cupronickel coins such as nickels would be closer to brass in color than copper. And if you tried it with a penny, copper ones would do nothing, and zinc pennies would simply melt.

 

Good observation. Just remember that Nickels are not clad but solid Cupro-Nickel.

 

I have several of the unslabbed variety from 60s mint sets that I'm not sure of having graded. I don't see any value in them. JMHO

 

I love chemistry but I'm still searching for the "Philosophers Stone"