Defect 1978 Nickel of Thomas Jefferson

[wcbingham@cox.net]

Thomas Jefferson with a hair piece? No not really. Any thoughts how this might have happened? On the reverse side, part of the letters in "states" has been flattened just a bit. Not shown on the picture the coin has a very slight warp as if bent when it was punched out. Thoughts?

 

[jewelerguy]

it's called a 'filled die' error. I've had a few wheat pennies with small filled areas, but that's the first nickel I've seen with a fill area that large

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Also called a cud...

 

[thrifty76now]

Extra metal cud coin.

 

[port ewen ace]

super nice CUD, worth about $15. sold 3 Jeff cuds last year on ebay, been over a year waiting for another