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In the early 70's I was given a bunch of coins from my grandfather. I put all the coins in a cigar box. I found that box recently and googled the coins in it. There is a 1913 Liberty Head Nickel in a custom plastic block. I know from what I read about it, it is most likely a altered date coin. It looks real to me.. but I am no expert. It seems pretty elaborate for a fake considering my grandfather couldnt have paid very much for it in the 60s-70s when he bought it... he wasnt a rich man.. Here are pixs..

I think this comparison with a known real one says it all. The "3" is altered.

to CCF. Your coin does look altered. Here is the real deal https://www.PCGS.com/coinfacts/coin...liberty/3912
John1

The last digit appears to be a 9 tooled to look like a 3.

Hey, but is a great conversation piece.

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....

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...

While not authentic, it's an interesting coin and a keeper IMO.

Fun find!

to the CCF!

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..

Interesting. I can't tell what the date was altered from

the 191 looks pretty good. How bout this one: someone applied an 8 before they tried turning it into a 3.

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.

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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