Brown (like a penny) Nickels

[OneBiteAtATime]

Why? O why?

Twice I have swerved into deals on old nickels and one was brownish like a penny. Why does this happen and how does it affect the grade?

Here is my newly acquired 1883 No Cents Nick - BROWN..... what does this mean?

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Also pictured is the newly acquired 84 - darn that nick in the nick.

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So. Numi's what have I got here?

[bman]

it was probably a metal detecting find, the ground turns nickels and clad coins dark like that.

[Know Common Cents]

I'd stick with the "buried underground or lost and dug up years later" rather than anything else. Other options wouldn't be quite as intriguing. Some might even be unpleasant. LOL.

[OneBiteAtATime]

I'd stick with the "buried underground or lost and dug up years later" rather than anything else. Other options wouldn't be quite as intriguing. Some might even be unpleasant. LOL.

Glad I put on my gloves to handle it.....

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

The ones I dig up out of moist black dirt are black. If I dig any out of clay, they are brown. And, for some reason you get the sometimes orange/rusty color.