Button Hole Nickels

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Whatever happened to the Button Holed nickels? I believe they were found in the D mint Keelboats. Why no enthusiasm in the collecting community? Did anyone ever have one graded? I have 2 unopenned boxes I got from the bank. Is it worth going through them to find Buttonholes? Actually, I'd probably not even recognize one, but still going to try and find one. Does anyone have one they can sell me? At least I'd have one in hand for comparison. Thanks,

 

 

Jerry

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Whatever happened to the Button Holed nickels? I believe they were found in the D mint Keelboats. Why no enthusiasm in the collecting community? Did anyone ever have one graded? I have 2 unopenned boxes I got from the bank. Is it worth going through them to find Buttonholes? Actually, I'd probably not even recognize one, but still going to try and find one. Does anyone have one they can sell me? At least I'd have one in hand for comparison. Thanks,

 

 

Jerry

 

Jerry, are you sure it's the Keelboat? I don't know what "button-holed" would refer to on this coin, but it might refer to the shirt cuff and/or jacket sleeve on the Peace Medal nickel.

 

Chris

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Chris, I just brought another thread back up that had to do with them that sheds some light.

 

 

Jerry

[cpm9ball]

Thanks, Jerry! According to the article, the filled die chip is visible to the naked eye. By itself, it shouldn't command any significant premium and is considered a minor error. That doesn't mean there aren't collectors looking for such things. It would be more provocative if the filled die chip were associated with another error such as a die crack, and you could actually establish a progression in the growth of the crack.

 

For example, I have more than 30 states quarters that all have a kidney-shaped, filled die chip in the middle of Washington's neck just below the jaw. It is clearly visible to the naked eye, but it is still considered a minor error. What makes it even more interesting is the fact that there are 8 different die cracks associated with that filled die chip. You can actually place each coin on a 'timeline" in the minting process. Most of the die cracks are unchanging and very small, but two of the obverse cracks are quite spectacular:

 

> One crack begins very small near the designers' initials at the base of Washington's neck in an east-west direction.

 

> On a second coin, it grows slightly longer in a WSW direction and widens near the initials.

 

> On a third coin, the crack has lengthened and extends all the way to a point above the "E" in QUARTER. At the same time, the crack has begun to lengthen from the designers' initials toward the ESE.

 

> On a fourth coin, the crack changes direction from the "E" toward the SSW through the "T" in QUARTER all the way to the rim.

 

> On the fifth coin, the eastern end of the crack changes direction to the SSE through "LL" in DOLLAR all the way to the rim.

 

> Finally, on the sixth coin, another crack emerges from the initials, arcs above the east end of the first crack all the way to the rim at about 4:30.

 

> The six smaller cracks (a 3rd obverse & 5 reverse) emerge at different points in time from the first coin to the sixth coin.

 

The fact that the same kidney-shaped, filled die chip is present on each and every coin makes the "set" a very, very interesting progression. But, that is just my opinion and EZ would probably disagree!

 

SCORE: EZ DOWN 2 "SETS" TO 1. LET THE GAMES CONTINUE, BABY!

 

 

Chris

 

PS. Now, I have to find the time to reexamine 2000 Keelboat D nickels that came from mint bags.

[EZ_E]

Hey, Chris, just because my name is Easley doesn't mean that I'm EZ!