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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yep, another crap coin. There's way too much junk on ebay, and it makes my blood boil everytime! And the stupid bidders are spending a fortune on a coin that's worth face value. Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You called that one right. It is a shame that there is no way to stop this kind of junk sales.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This nickel is undoubtedly awesome and has been look at and authenticated by the local numismatic chapter. Favorite part |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
75082 Posts |
Now we need Bobby131313 to try to remove this listing, as the bids are getting out of control. Although, maybe we should just let the buyer learn the very hard way maybe? I'll let you decide. What do you think?
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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But he as a feedback of 1, why be concerned?
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Rest in Peace
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How can one know it isn't a mint employee "Mint-assisted" error, with a possible die cap? Think... ding... DING... ding...ding, time's up! So what's the answer? Hummm? The Canadian mint seems to pull a rabbit like this outta the hat every other year, what about the US? Hmmm? I'll come back in a few hours to see if anyone can give a real logical, succinct answer...  Coop, Conder, you guys stay away...kiddies table only! Edited by Crazyb0
08/21/2018 10:11 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Hmm I have no idea Crazyb0. I was trying to read the date of the Nickel to see if it even was from the same year as a Memorial back cent would be but no luck. I doubt that's the answer though, it's probably more obvious than it seems. I'll check back for an answer too.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1901 Posts |
Well Butch. For one the coin is oblong not round. Two the reverse would be fully struck if it were a capped die. That's all I got.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nickel on top of a piece of leather, Memorial cent placed on top, leather folded over both, and placed in a conical iron depression. After several failed attempts and adjustments scammer gets a good smack with a 2 pound mechanics hammer and this thing is repeated on both sides. If enough experimentation were done all kinds of cynical stuff can be made...created. |
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As coinbuffalo said, ONE CENT is reversed which is usually a dead giveaway of a vise job I would think.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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At least 10% goes to saving puppies?
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Rest in Peace
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The fully logical response would be, with the image of a one cent coin reversed it indicates a Johnny job of course, but this concoction is about impossible seeing the actual dies for a nickel and cent are different sizes...a one cent die would never fit in the housing... And, a nickel is too large to fit in the chamber for a cent. So either way it's putting a round peg in a square hole... Now, if Johnny were to become smart, he would try to imitate what could be a "mint assisted error". Which coins fit where? A dime is smaller than a cent, a cent smaller than a nickel. Those combinations do happen on overdstrike, but not with inverse detail... He still has to figure that one out! Thanks for playin'! Edited by Crazyb0
08/22/2018 12:38 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Well, you didn't give me a chance! Quote:
How can one know it isn't a mint employee "Mint-assisted" error, with a possible die cap? I will go ahead and give my answer. The coin is a nickel by appearance and weight. Nickel planchets do not fit into a cent press/colllar (very important!). It has reversed lettering! That does not happen too often as a genuine error.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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United States
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I guess it's not so obvious to me, I wouldn't have thought of that. I should probably do more research on that type of error.  I always wondered if any of them were actually legit |
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He only other possible explanation I could see, even though it seems highly unlikely would be some sort of clash. I'm assuming you can theoretically put a nickel die and a penny die into he same machine, one being the hammer and one being the anvil and get a clash that way and that would explain the reversal of the devices in ONE CENT. A normal strike it reads the right way but because it's a clash it would leave and image that was incused and reversed.
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Posted 08/21/2018 9:51 pm
