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Victory Nickle Coin Die

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 Posted 12/19/2017  08:22 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add chequer to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Wanna buy a pair of "probably very rare" victory nickle coin dies (not my spelling)?

Have fun!

https://midlandauctions.ca/?p=7540&...ion_ID=34987
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 Posted 12/19/2017  09:34 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add arvan to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Really interesting if real. Those are my favorite coins in the entire world!
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This is almost certainly not a coin die, but maybe a process in the production of the dies themselves, so goofy things goes missing at the RCM during the 40's too. Still kind of interesting !
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but maybe a process in the production of the dies themselves


Looks more like someone was painstakingly trying to create a homemade pair of dies, by sinking a real coin into softer metal - perhaps to strike some 1944 Tombac 5-cents.

This auction house is in Midland, Ontario, and if these were indeed a legit pair of RCM non-cancelled dies, this seller would have been directed to Steve Bromberg or Sandy Campbell, who probably would not hesitate to write a five-figure cheque for the pair...
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Looks more like someone was painstakingly trying to create a homemade die, by sinking a real coin into softer metal - perhaps to strike some 1944 Tombac 5-cents.


That's what I was thinking.
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Same here.
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