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Valued Member
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Bedrock of the Community
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With wear, it seems to be within Weight Tolerances. But those "delaminations" or chips are very suspect. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like a coin with lamination problems. Flacking off after the strike.
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Moderator
United States
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the lams sure look funny. The one over the word LIBERTY, can you still see the lettering where the top layer is missing?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Wear would account for the weight loss. Looks like a genuine specimen that was scrubbed at some point.  to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Unusual toning or discoloration by itself, is a very poor diagnostic for the identification of fake wartime nickels.
The reason being that the genuine alloy is so different.
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Valued Member
United States
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There is not lettering above liberty where it peeled off. Just flat discolored surface, shouldn't this coin if silver be solid metal tho with no top later to lam or peel off? Between the layer coming off and it not sounding like a normal silver nickel is what made me suspect it's authenticity.
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Rest in Peace
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Well it's not fake , PMD and harshly cleaned , may have been a defective planchet to begin with . |
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56% copper,35% silver, 9% Manganese. John1  |
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Lamination and harsh cleaning would do it.
Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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These recessed areas don't look like typical laminations. Laminations are usually linear in appearance. The discoloration at the base of the missing metal is odd. it almost looks reddish in color.
An XRF scan might tell you more. Pawn shops or jewelers might have an XRF scanner.
I'm wondering if a planchet from foreign coin production made in 1945 might have made it into the striking chamber.
Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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United States
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I agree they do not look like any lamination I have or really have seen. In hand looping you can see there us a reddish color to the inside metalwhich is what throws me off since from what I've seen this should be a one metal alloy coin with no layers.
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Seeing how the 'laminations' are located at the rim in all locations, it seems to me that the top layer was chipped off, as if the coin was hit or dropped.
I'm curious about another thing - are there any loose edges where you would be able to lift off any more of the surface? - Now DON'T do that, I'm just curious if there are any loose areas.
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From just holding the coin and close inspection no other areas seem to be loose or feel like they could come off
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