Jefferson nickel with beveled edge

[Wyatt Earp]

I've had this one for years. Ever seen one like this? At first I thought it looked like they skipped the operation where they roll the edge on the coin.....but it's the correct diameter.

I just looked at it with a loupe for the first time tonight....and there is a wire edge, albeit a very fine one...so this occurred when the coin was minted.

Further investigation reveals that the 59-D nickel weighs 4 grams.....and a "normal" nickel weighs 6 grams. That's a significant difference. I've added a second picture. The thicker coin is a 1979 Jefferson nickel....the thinner one is the 59-D

Wyatt

[Metalman]

The very fine rim does not show up in the pics ,, but the coin looks like the edge was ground off .

I have never seen another example of a mint error that looks like this coin.

Metalman

[Wyatt Earp]

The wire edge is fine, but proud of the beveled edge. I'll try and get a better picture, but my Sony 2.0 megapixel has limitations. If I can get a better picture I'll post it here.

Wyatt

[Gregory]

Just throw it in my bag Wyatt

[Wyatt Earp]

OK......This is better. Much easier in natural daylight. The coin has been edge rolled, because it's the proper diameter. I've never seen anything like it on any of the error coin sites I've ever been on....so we'll have to name it ourselves.

Wyatt

[Metalman]

Wyatt

You may give these guys a shot at attributing the coins .

I usually email a pic and see if they think that its worth pursuing by submission of the coin.

CONECA

Metalman

[Wyatt Earp]

Attributing?...submission?....Sounds expensive to me. I already have 5 cents tied up in this thing ....Don't want to get in too deep.

Seriously....what kind of money does it cost to have the thing attributed and slabbed? I'm sure that this is not post manufacture monkey business. If you were to examine it in person....you'd come to the same conclusion, I'm sure. There's also the weight issue....seems unlikely that the bevel makes it weigh 30 percent less....and it's thinner. Wrong planchet most likely....but what the heck else would they have been striking in 1959?

Wyatt

[Wyatt Earp]

I have decided that I know how this error occurred....though it doesn't explain the 30 percent underweight planchet.

The last operation in minting the coins is for them to be rolled on edge to a uniform diameter. I surmise that this coin entered the machine on an angle, and was doing a butterfly dance in the rollers for a few seconds before finally getting righted, which would then correct the diameter of the coin and leave the wire edge.

If a coin was in that machine at an angle...one side would get beveled by the top roller....and the opposite side would be beveled by the bottom roller.

The amazing thing (aside from the fact that it got out) is the amount of time it spent in circulation before I found it and pulled it 20 years ago.

Wyatt

[Metalman]

Hi wyatt

I have never heard of coins being rolled to uniform diameters ??

that is the job of the third die the die that retains the blank planchet when struck by the hammer die .

it is however possible your coin got stuck in a fin on a cloths dryer ,, I have seen some pretty funny stuff come out of them in the past .

the weight difference is still a bother to me . but the US has minted coins for many different countries and at very many different times in our history.



Metalman