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  “You know, melting coins for the intrinsic metalic value is now illegal in
                             the United States.”

[Somebody doesn't like Monticello] [1][But it's worth $0.0624439 as per
today] [2]I was going through my change in the car today when I found this
nickel and while the front is typical, it was the back that caught my eye—it
looks partially melted. It's not been shot, that would have deformed the coin
and this is still quite normally flat. I doubt it's an arc-welder as the
front is still fine, and there don't appear to be any scorch marks along the
back.

Perhaps acid?

Anyway, it's pretty cool looking.

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/06/nickelback.png
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2007/01/06/nickelfront.png

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