Odd nickel 1900 with large 0 in the date? 1 1

[AaronEvans]

I am interested in knowing what is going on with this nickel.  The date I can see, seems to be 1900 with the last 0 in the 1900 larger.  Is this normal or is this anything special.  This was in a bag full of pennies from my Grandfather.  Interested to know more if anyone has information.  Thanks in advance.

[Sandon]

   Welcome to the NGC chat board.

   Your coin is a 1990-P Jefferson nickel with damage affecting the date numerals. It has no collector value. The earliest Jefferson nickels were struck in and are dated 1938.  A nickel dated 1900 would be of the Liberty head type dated 1883-1912 and would look like this 1897:

 

Edited May 3 by Sandon
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[VKurtB]

On 5/3/2024 at 4:12 PM, AaronEvans said:

I am interested in knowing what is going on with this nickel.  The date I can see, seems to be 1900 with the last 0 in the 1900 larger.  Is this normal or is this anything special.  This was in a bag full of pennies from my Grandfather.  Interested to know more if anyone has information.  Thanks in advance.

“Great googly moogly.”

[Coinbuf]

Agree that your coin is dated 1990, the lower leg of the second nine has been obliviated from some type of damage.   Your grandfather may have found it interesting and that is why he kept it, but it has no numismatic value beyond the face value of 5 cents.

[The Neophyte Numismatist]

Welcome to the boards!  Agree with the above (1990).  You can take it to the bank (literally, that's what you should do).

Edited May 3 by The Neophyte Numismatist

[powermad5000]

Hello and welcome to the forum!

The Jefferson nickel was first struck as a series in 1938. I agree with the others that you have a 1990 P Jefferson that has some obverse damage to both nines, and looking at the numerals, I can only think the large zero was created by both a hit that affected the last nine and a die chip that just happened to be in that spot as well. Die chips add no premium to the value.

I would not spend this coin, however. It is different to me so I would put it in a 2x2 cardboard flip and keep it as a curiosity piece.