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2020 Error nickel?

Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:06 pm
by Rezo
Found this 2020 nickel from a box of uncirculated rolls not sure if it would be a planchet flaw or something else?!

Anyone else got any ideas?

Re: 2020 Error nickel?

Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:11 pm
by coinguy
Wouldn’t be a planchet flaw or an error, looks like there is something on the coin.
Are those spots raised or incuse.

Re: 2020 Error nickel?

Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:14 pm
by Rezo
They aren't raised, I tried to get that in the first picture with the lighting

Re: 2020 Error nickel?

Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:21 pm
by Rezo
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Here's another closeup of the other one the edges look to be indented to me but I could be wrong

Re: 2020 Error nickel?

Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:49 pm
by Rezo
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Here's a better shot of them

Re: 2020 Error nickel?

Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:27 pm
by Bill in Burl
Gas bubbles coming up through the outer plating? These are layered/plated coins.

Re: 2020 Error nickel?

Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:19 am
by Rezo
Aren't gas bubbles more raised? This seems to have the outer rim indented with the center slightly raised with a hole in it I'm just trying to figure out how it would have indented in this way? But then again I do see where it could look like a gas bubble that has ruptured in someway

Re: 2020 Error nickel?

Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:52 am
by coinguy
Possibly gas bubbles that have broken. It appears that there is a small hole in each one.
No matter what it is, it’s not something that would be considered an error.

Re: 2020 Error nickel?

Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:16 am
by Bill in Burl
That's what I meant, in that the gas bubbles broke and the thin layer of nickel went by-by, and maybe the thin copper plate as well. The coins are 3 layers,with almost 95% of it a steel core and then thin layers of Cu & Ni. Just think of cooking a thick food mixture on the stove when a bubble comes up and breaks with the immediate hole it makes.