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Gyrene7483 Pillar of the Community United States 1704 Posts	Posted 04/19/2011 9:31 pm Here are the pics of the 3 cent nickel I got at the flea market Sunday. Not too easy to see through the cellophane window of the 2x2. It is rotated counterclockwise approximately 60 degrees. ANA LM-3175 Report this Post to the Staff

vermontensium Moderator United States 16681 Posts	Posted 04/19/2011 11:07 pm Cool pickup! swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
mitchhailey Pillar of the Community United States 1150 Posts	Posted 04/20/2011 03:38 am Nice coin! Oh, and Semper Fi. ;) Report this Post to the Staff
Rsxtacee Pillar of the Community United States 737 Posts	Posted 04/20/2011 03:42 am Nice find! What did you pick it up for? Report this Post to the Staff
Gyrene7483 Pillar of the Community United States 1704 Posts	Posted 04/20/2011 9:11 pm Semper Fi mitchhailey. I got the coin in a bag of foreign coins and there were several silver pieces also in the bag. I paid $5.00 for the bag. See my post "Flea Market Finds" for pictures of the coins enclosed in that zip lock bag. I contacted an error dealer I know and he suggested I weigh the coin and look to see if the obverse had been removed and replaced so I put the coin on my scale and it weighs 2.08 grams instead of the 1.94 a real Three Cent Nickel weighs. I looked at it very closely with my 10 power loupe and found that the coin a had just casually looked at is actually an old cast copy. Imagine that. Report this Post to the Staff
Jdgarst0720 Valued Member United States 259 Posts	Posted 04/20/2011 10:11 pm Wow! Crazy stuff. Amazing what attention to details brings! Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 04/21/2011 08:56 am The weight is within tolerance 1.94 gm +/- .259 gm Rotated reverses are not real unusual on this series. A contemporary cast counterfeit of this coin would probably be more desirable than a genuine piece. I don't see anything about this coin that would make me think it's a fake. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 04/21/2011 09:42 am I agree I too think this one is real. Rotated reverses are really more common than people think. Yours is excessive though so would be worth a little more to error collectors. Report this Post to the Staff
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