nickle error 197?

[geo4472]

found this while going through my change it appears to have come from the mint like this there is no number in the depression doesnt look like it was done after wards

 

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[Monty]

Looks like someone started to drill a hole in it but I'm no coin guru. M nty

 

[geo4472]

Looks like someone started to drill a hole in it but I'm no coin guru. M nty

its not a drill mark its more like a strike mark of some sorts

 

[Alchemy]

That'd be a nifty error if it actually is/was from a bad die, like something got in there before it struck...

 

[doublet2a]

I would say post mint damage, like shot with a BB gun

Tim

 

[DigEmAll]

I would say post mint damage, like shot with a BB gun

Tim

Ahhhh... you beat me to it. BB gun. I made a gazillion of these when younger... mostly pennies.