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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Also-coin is NOT magnetic
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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So I took it to my coin dealer and he noticed a peculiar sound as well, and the coin weighs 4.8 grams. Sounds fishy to me...
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Pillar of the Community
Mexico
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Ever figure out what the deal was with this nickel?
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Valued Member
United States
286 Posts |
Nickel should weigh in at 5grams. There are many possibilities.
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Valued Member
United States
286 Posts |
have you compared sound by dropping this nickel with another nickel? maybe at the same time?
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Valued Member
United States
286 Posts |
I have run accross everal lead counterfeits in the past. This however does not look lead!
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Valued Member
United States
318 Posts |
Why would this nickel be faked? What am I missing, my lists don't show it as extremely valuable.
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Rest in Peace
United States
1943 Posts |
4.8g is normal for the weight. Sound is not a very good indicator for counterfeits. I don't see any reason to question the authenticity of this coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As several other members have indicated, "ring" is an unreliable indicator of metal content. Any slight internal imperfection/interruption in the grain will deaden the ring.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Pillar of the Community
Mexico
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Guys, could this be an annealing issue? I think the nickels are baked to harden them. If this one was under-baked, maybe that'd make it softer and thus kill it's "ring." What do you think?
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Rest in Peace
United States
1943 Posts |
The annealing process softens the planchets to prepare them for striking.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1193 Posts |
I believe I have the same Nickel. Here is a link to my post that I started about it trying to get an answer. Have you been successful at finding any answers? https://goccf.com/t/116585 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm tell'n ya'all....its a water squirt nickel! They sell them in magic supply catalogs and stores
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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LOL it's not! I wish it were!
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Pillar of the Community
Mexico
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You know, I looked up the squirt nickel online and the ones I saw had a milled out back that was covered with a metal/plastic "button" and couldn't be mistaken for a "squirt" nickel.
Are there others that look 100% real?
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