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Its below the chin. Ever heard of this  *** Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
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 , better pictures of obverse and reverse outside of the holder will be needed. |
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A Buffalo nickel is a Classic coin, so I moved your post to the appropriate section for the proper attention.  |
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Perhaps a little PMD? Hard to tell from this pic, despite enhancing it.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Ill try to get a better picture later.
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to the CCF Absent better pics, I'm guessing that what appears to be the striking of a different coin is, in actuality, a clashed die. This was a common occurrence on nickels dated 1913 and 1914. This happened on withs of other years, too, but not with as much frequency as the first two years of issue. The most commonly seen die clashing appears beneath the chin, tiny letters. Given that location, these have commonly been dubbed as "whiskers." In actuality it's a reversed impression of "E PLURIBUS UNUM." When absent a planchet in the press, the two dies clashed, leaving impressions on the obverse die. Then, when subsequent coins were struck, the impaired obverse reflected that impression. Just an educated guess, mind you, without seeing more pics. |
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Pillar of the Community
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 You are seeing the results of "E Pluribis Unum" being clashed onto the obverse die during a previous striking process and then being transferred to a coin that was struck with the damaged clashed dies. Buffalo nickels are notorious for this. |
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Then too, the shadow of the bison's tail sometimes shows in the field facing the Indian.
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Are you seeing something like this ?  Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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The most commonly seen die clashing appears beneath the chin, tiny letters. Given that location, these have commonly been dubbed as "whiskers." In actuality it's a reversed impression of "E PLURIBUS UNUM." When absent a planchet in the press, the two dies clashed, leaving impressions on the obverse die. Then, when subsequent coins were struck, the impaired obverse reflected that impression. Yep. Exoguy is correct, it is a clash. |
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Very nice clash, even extended into the design depth which is unusual, a very hard clash!  |
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Dangranite - Excellent example, and - to the CCF! |
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Thank you. Are they worth much
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very nice find and congratulations! That's a good Die Clash!
Errers and Varietys.
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