Expert: PAPAJACK - 7/20/2007

Question
I have a 2005 nickel the 5 in the date visible under magnification. Have you seen this before?

Answer
Hello Ray,                          

I am not sure of the question.
Is there a ghost of the missing number or any scratches where it should be?
Is the rest of the coin properly struck?

Missing letters are usually caused by a filled die error.
Grease and debris commonly get caught in the recesses of the dies as they produce coins. When the dies close on the blank the portion of the die filled with this debris won’t let the metal flow into it.
These coins are common with weak or altogether missing features. The price you may get for them over the face value depends on what an error collector may pay for the particular coin.
Error collecting is a branch outside of coins collecting. There is no fixed pricing on these error coins published and each one would have to be seen to be evaluated.

I hope this information is helpful.

Feel free to ask another question about US Coins.

Good Luck

PapaJack