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5c Nickel Indian Head

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 Posted 01/02/2024  6:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jtm311 to your friends list
Thank you all so since I have about 10 and don't see it on others does this add any value as an error?

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 Posted 01/02/2024  6:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jtm311 to your friends list
Sorry here you go.
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 Posted 01/02/2024  7:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BStrauss3 to your friends list
FWIW, these are called " Buffalo nickels" not "Indian Head" which is reserved - in common usage - for the cent. Why one coin is named for the obverse and the other the reverse, I'm not going to try and figure out. Just know that's what they are called.
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 Posted 01/02/2024  7:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
Not seeing an error here.
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 Posted 01/02/2024  7:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ExoGuy to your friends list
to the CCF!

To my experience, most of these "chin whiskers" die clashes tend to appear on nickels dated 1914. Another CCF member recently posted a 1913 nickel with this effect. What happened is that, during the coin-striking process, the obverse and reverse dies clashed without a blank planchet between them. Resultantly, part of the reverse motto, E PLURIBUS UNUM, was then impressed upon the obverse die, creating the whiskers. As this is a relatively minor and common error, there's not much of a premium, if any. It does make for an interesting talking point though.
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Thank you for taking the time to educating me on this. Sorry for the wrong names.

I see I have a lot to learn &
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 Posted 01/02/2024  11:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list
To CCF! That's called a Die Clash. Coinfrog, there's a Die Clash under the chin, look again.
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 Posted 01/03/2024  10:07 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DOCC to your friends list

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FWIW, these are called " Buffalo nickels" not "Indian Head" which is reserved - in common usage - for the cent


Actually the OP is correct, the official US Mint name was 5 Cent Indian Head.
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jtm311 Thanks ExoGuy for a great explanation.

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.... during the coin-striking process, the obverse and reverse dies clashed without a blank planchet between them. Resultantly, part of the reverse motto, E PLURIBUS UNUM, was then impressed upon the obverse die, creating the whiskers.
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 Posted 01/03/2024  3:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kbbpll to your friends list
Here's an overlay from maddieclashes so you can see where the "whiskers" came from.
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Actually the OP is correct, the official US Mint name was 5 Cent Indian Head.


They also called it the Winged Head of Liberty.
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 Posted 01/03/2024  8:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DOCC to your friends list
We all know them as Buffalos but for someone new, I can see them stumbling upon original naming conventions pretty easily.

Similar scenario - is it Liberty Seated or Seated Liberty
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Similar scenario - is it Liberty Seated or Seated Liberty


A rose by any other name is still a rose, and the same logic holds true for coins, methinks.
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 Posted 01/05/2024  3:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list
Looks like a clashed die.
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