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Pillar of the Community
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i may not know much about them but I can still have my opinion? can't i?
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Thanks for the info everyone, guess I'll spend that one. As I just started on coins (nickels) I am only at 'learning the standard stuff' in the learning curve. Guess I should start looking into the standard errors and get to know them.
The coin rim didn't look like it was done by free hand. They must have used a machine to make the cut. Why anyone would do it is beyond me though.
Thanks for the welcome SHAFTA9a.
Cheers
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Pillar of the Community
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Opinions are like nose hairs, everyone has one.
Yep you can have an opinion and the advantage of sharing an opinion and the reasoning behind the opinion is that you can get feedback on why you might be right or wrong. You were on teh right path. Some are annoyed by non pro opinions but I'm not. If you stick your nickle up on the net you're asking for whatever feedback you get.
I don't think lafaa's *first* post was out of line at all as they made appropriate disclaimers but wanted to chime in.
What has my attention with the nickel is how uniformly it was done. I think I could do it in a lathe and in fact I see rim damage in the three positions where the jaws might have gripped the nickel halfway through the depth of the rim. I spend a lot of time thinking about how people create these things.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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agreed, someone spent some time balancing out this coin adjustment. Seems 2 "grip marks" at 1 o'clock and 7 o'clock. Interesting.
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Canada
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realpenny Welcome to the forum!
"The coin rim didn't look like it was done by free hand." that is real smart and the others I don't know?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The 3 places on the rim where it's messed up are not at 1/3 increments like a lathe chuck would hold it - but the jaws of a vice could indeed have held it at 1 and 7 o'clock. It does look very uniform like a lathe could do, though. Unfortunately, I'm not very well versed in all the dastardly ways people mess with coinage. realpenny, welcome! We're glad to have you  A lot of people get bored and experiment with pocket change. Then when they get bored with the piece they're messing with, they toss it back into circulation. |
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I wasn't thinking of a three jaw chuck actually, I was thinking of multiple placements or attempts in a four jaw pincer type chuck used for facing and just mentioned I could see three damage points with a fourth or even fifth possible that I can't see.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I really like the look of that bevelled edge. Someone did a great job.
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I wasn't thinking of a three jaw chuck actually, I was thinking of multiple placements or attempts in a four jaw pincer type chuck used for facing and just mentioned I could see three damage points with a fourth or even fifth possible that I can't see. True! A lathe shouldn't be completely discounted as a possibility. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Even though it's a homemade job, I wouldn't spend it. It has a unique look, and it only cost you a nickel. Put it aside.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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here goes my old question:
Why in the world would anyone do this?
Fun?
Gain?
Is there perhaps the faintest possibility that it is NOT a basement/workshop job?
the old thing about eventually seeing something that you think should be there.... could it be you guys aseeing someting that is not there?
No disrespect..,.but....
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Why do people put pennies on railroad tracks? Why do hockey players fight? It's all fun.
Can you explain what process inside a mint may have caused this?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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No, sure can not, as I am not familiar with this process..
but there are a lot of "funny" coins out there...
just beats me that someone would do it.
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Thanks for everyones input. Here's a another shot. In hand I can't notice any clamp marks. Wow pictures really pick up and show every little detail.  |
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