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Help identify this coin

All nickels produced in the US from 1946 on are 25% nickel and 75% copper. I have some regular Jefferson nickels that look like copper. Sometimes they corrode a certain way in some soil and wind up looking very much like a copper coin. Some of mine look like a powdery copper color... Some dark brown.

Judging by the alignments of all the lettering that is visible, I'd say this is a corroded and beat-to-heck 2004 'Western Journey' commemorative nickel. Looks like someone ran it through a blender.

I am going to overlay some nickel images with yours to verify the 2004 as the ID...
 
Yes...
The reverse of the 2004 Spring Design "Louisiana Purchase/Peace Medal" Nickel[size=x-small](scroll down a touch)[/size] was commemoratively dated 1803, the date of the Louisiana Purchase.
The obverse is dated 2004, in the normal Jefferson nickel location. That explains the '4' on the other side.

Here's some of Fongu's images overlayed on a 2004 reverse:
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Looks like a match to me...
 
It must have been ran over with a lawn mower to be in such bad shape in just 8 years. Thanks. It sure looked like something old, but it's still a special find to me. HH
 
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