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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The last digit appears to be a 9 tooled to look like a 3.
Hey, but is a great conversation piece.
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New Member
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It seems when coins get worn the numbers get thicker.. the 3 does seem thicker than the real picture, but I thought it was just worn cause the 9 and 1 are thicker also.. I cant see any marks where a zero would have been if it were a zero turned into a 3.. If it is fake, which most likely it is...its a good fake and to me looks like a well worn 1913....
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New Member
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it couldnt have been a nine.. they only made these till 1912-1913... if it was a nine, it would have been 1909 so the zero would have to be turned into a 1 .. in that case they would have used a 1903...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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While not authentic, it's an interesting coin and a keeper IMO.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Fun find!  to the CCF! |
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heres an example of what I mean by the numbers looking thicker when the coin gets worn... look at the 3 on this 1903 pic..  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Interesting. I can't tell what the date was altered from
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Pillar of the Community
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the 191 looks pretty good. How bout this one: someone applied an 8 before they tried turning it into a 3.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm not to keen on LH nickels, but if I had to take a stab I'd say altered 1910. I'm assuming only one die was used on the 1913, and the position of the 9 and 3 don't match up. The inner center portion of the 3 does not look correct and surrounding areas looks tooled to me. Still a great conversation piece!  |
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if I had to take a stab I'd say altered 1910. I have to agree. Looking at the middle point of the three, it looks like it was filled in. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks like a 1910 altered to a 1913. Johnny Hurst of Louisville used to do these.
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but if I had to take a stab I'd say altered 1910 I'll be darn, not a bad attempt turning the 0 into a 3 then. |
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United States
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Interesting coin and nice memory attached to it. Enjoy it
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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to the CCF, Possum652 Quote:
Looks like a 1910 altered to a 1913. Johnny Hurst of Louisville used to do these. I visited a coin shop in Louisville about 12-15 years ago. I bought a batch of exonumia there, including two of Hurst's altered 1910 nickels. The going price was $20, each. I gave one to a friend and used the other to discuss altered dates with coin club members. Fun, novelty items, these!  |
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United States
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My eyes see an incomplete removal on the surface at the base of the three. I see what is probably adhesive in the area specific to that digit alone. Encasing it is probably the only reason it's still intact.
I find the casing extremely interesting. It's nicely made, but given the label it carries, how much of a market has there ever been for such-like?
Kevin
Edited by Kcm
02/24/2021 10:32 am
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