Tr0y Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Could someone please explain this nickel? It is like it's missing a layer or on wrong denomination. I don't know. It doesn't look or weigh the same as another 2015p nickel. Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RWB Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 5 grams, nominal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenstang Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Welcome to the forum It is suffering from environmental damage and corrosion which would account for some weight loss. Also nickels are not “layered”, they are made of a copper/nickel alloy. Sandon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandon Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Welcome to the NGC chat board. "Nickels" are composed of a homogeneous (solid) alloy of 75% copper, 25% nickel. They have no "layers". This mostly copper alloy may darken through corrosion to reddish, brown, or even blackish colors when the coins are exposed to certain environments, such as being buried in the ground. Dimes and quarters since 1965 and half dollars since 1971 are composed of outer layers of this same alloy bonded to an inner core of pure copper and may develop this same discoloration. The official weight of a "nickel" is 5 grams with a legal tolerance of plus or minus 0.194 gram, so the coin could have weighed as little as 4.806 grams when struck and have met mint specifications. The additional, nominal variance of 0.196 gram is explainable by wear, damage, corrosion, inaccuracy of your scale (which appears to have seen better days), or some combination of these factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 On 7/10/2024 at 12:13 PM, Greenstang said: Welcome to the forum It is suffering from environmental damage and corrosion which would account for some weight loss. Also nickels are not “layered”, they are made of a copper/nickel alloy. Danny Downer here with a suggested correction to the diagnosis: it is no longer "suffering." The cause of death was exposure; it is entitled to a decent burial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powermad5000 Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 The scale this nickel sits on is in TERRIBLE shape. I simply cannot trust the weight it is displaying, especially with all the dirt and crud present on the scale tray. I can only think it is also out of calibration and it seems to not be a a scale that I would consider as very accurate to begin with. That said, you need a new scale and not a cheap pocket China made one either, because those even as brand new are largely inaccurate when it comes to weight. I had three of them and all three ended up in the garbage. Regardless of the scale issue, the nickel seems to have some environmental damage and may be weighing less than the optimal 5 grams the Mint was shooting for as a standard for these nickels. I think even despite the condition the coin is in, it is not that far underweight and probably on a reliable scale you would find it to still be within Mint tolerance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 On 7/10/2024 at 9:03 PM, Henri Charriere said: Danny Downer here with a suggested correction to the diagnosis: it is no longer "suffering." The cause of death was exposure; it is entitled to a decent burial. It appears to have already had one. Henri Charriere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J P M Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 On 7/11/2024 at 11:19 AM, VKurtB said: It appears to have already had one. We have a lot of Zombie coins here. powermad5000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 On 7/12/2024 at 11:52 AM, J P M said: We have a lot of Zombie coins here. Yeah, zombies. It’s like Hurricane Beryl. They said the death toll was expected to rise. Discounting zombies, what was it going to do, fall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOCK34 Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 I have seen parking lot coins before, but this is the first time that I have seen a parking lot scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
