Die crack/break error?

[Z00]

Ran across this while sorting my nickels. At first I thought it was a gouge but the raised section makes me question that.
Any ideas?

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[Z00]

Guess this is nothing. Oh well.

[Numis Pam]

It looks like some kind of error to me, I would have saved it as such. Have you tried looking for simular errors on ebay to see if any close to it may have sold recently? That is what I do when I find odd or not quite the norm looking coins. I spend a lot of time looking at error coins on ebay, so if I see one simular I will let you know...

[henrysmedford]

I wrote Mike Diamond who is an expert on errors and will post his thoughts when he writes back.
Joe

Good Day-- One of the members at real cent posted this viewtopic.php?f=12&t=13807 is it a die crack and if so what is it worth.

Thanks for all of your help.

Thanks Joe Henry

[henrysmedford]

I wrote Mike Diamond who is an expert on errors and will post his thoughts when he writes back.
Joe

Good Day-- One of the members at real cent posted this http://realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=13807 is it a die crack and if so what is it worth.

Thanks for all of your help.

Thanks Joe Henry

Hi Joe.

It's just a deep gouge. It's not a mint error.

Mike

[Z00]

How can it be a "gouge" when it is raised?

[henrysmedford]

How can it be a "gouge" when it is raised?

You might have a coin shop look at it.

[hirbonzig]

It looks like the metal was pushed up on either side of the gouge to give it a raised look or feel.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

The gouge was in the die....and when the die came into contact...the metal filled up the gouge while the die was being pressed down.

Really neat coin!