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Rest in Peace
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If it is lead you should be able to bend it with your fingers .  |
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People seem to be overlooking that this would be 1.5 grams overweight for a normal nickel and Dryer Coin doesn't explain that. 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
Edited by spru
05/31/2021 10:13 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like a beach find to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
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As T-BOP asks, can you bend it? No harm in trying, there's no value here anyway.
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Or bite into it like a pirate testing a Gold or Silver Doubloon . |
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Pillar of the Community
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If it is lead, you should be able to draw a line on a piece of paper.
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Pillar of the Community
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Great idea Tonnioc.  I think we can rule out numismatic forgery. |
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I don't know where this came from, hadn't looked the US coins in years. Pretty sure it was cast, but who and why? |
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A specific gravity test would be conclusive for composition. A U.S. nickel coin (75% Cu, 25% Ni) is 8.92. Pure lead would be 11.34. If it is lead, my best guess would be a souvenir from a summer camp craft program experiment in sand casting, using scrap lead, such as fishing line sinkers. |
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Hey kids, sign up early for counterfeiting class this summer!
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Pillar of the Community
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Back in the 80's I found a couple of fake quarters and a dime somebody made of lead. Yes, I bent them with my fingers. Still have them laying around here somewhere.....
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Outside of CCF the consensus is that this a very early Mark Hufman piece. Plan to send it to NNC for grading and pedigree.
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Hey kids, sign up early for counterfeiting class this summer! Pretty much. It's not too far from the middle school reaction to the potato battery / reverse plating experiment for Zincolns, which is followed about two nanoseconds later with "Hey, this looks just like a dime now . . ." |
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X Rare!
I stand corrected.
I have two lead quarters myself.
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maybe a older lead counterfeit? made in the days that you could still buy something with a nickel.
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