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Rest in Peace
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The crappiest one was rattling around in a hard plastic half dollar case for a decade or so.
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United States
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Plenty of fakes have been made. Some from real nickels -- changing a 1910 into a 1913 by working the metal, or by taking the 3 from a 1903 and putting it on a 1912. Other fakes were cast or whatever. So in theory, if you found a legit 1913 V nickel, we could compare it to one of the real nickels. These were all made by the same die within minutes of each other. Yours should match EXACTLY -- down to the location of denticles. The "3" on you nickel is spaced wrong. You can find nice photos of the real nickels on the wikipedia article and you can do a comparison. Your nickel is weird because it is heavily corroded, but not worn (LIBERTY is entirely visible). I suspect it is made of some other alloy altogether. |
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This entire thread has me confused.  New member shows up claiming a million dollar coin .. and best they can do is poor photos and an old quote from some auction bulletin? Show us a clear photo of the obverse and reverse ... then we can offer real opinions. David |
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  listen I know I'm new to this site. but have been collecting since I was a kid. I just had bought a huge lot and was just looking for an opinion. Yes that was a quote from another site. |
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No one should knock a quote from another site.
The bottom line is that even if your coin looked great, it is possibly imfizzical for you to have a 13V, because they're all accounted for.
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United Kingdom
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I also doubt you have a legit 1913 Liberty V nickel especially one being found after all this time. All of the five made were proofs and according to PCGS: Pos Grade Pedigree and History 1 PR66 PCGS grade Green-Eliasberg 2 PR64 PCGS grade Green-Olsen-Farouk-Hydeman-Hawn 3 PR63 PCGS Estimated grade Green-Bolt-Reynolds-Walton family 4 PR62 PCGS Estimated grade Green-Boyd-Farouk-Norweb-Smithsonian 5 PR55 PCGS Estimated grade Green-McDermott-BeBee-ANA What other coins were in this lot of coins you obtained? I hope not a 1964 Peace dollar. Ken |
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United States
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well here is a pic of the 5  Retired USAF 1983-2003
Edited by Coinstar
01/02/2012 10:20 am
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United States
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well one dealer said for sure it is a 1913 but could not con firm if it is real. the other could not tell.and possible fake. so I'm sending it in to have it looked at.
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United States
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Looks like a cast fake - probably Chinese.
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Edited by TNG
01/02/2012 3:56 pm
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Quote:
This entire thread has me confused.
New member shows up claiming a million dollar coin .. and best they can do is poor photos and an old quote from some auction bulletin?  I don't get it either. This is the biggest fattest fake ever. Saying that a dealer told you "he wasn't sure if it was real or not"...no dealer would ever even consider the possibility it was real. All we need now is for the coin to be offered for sale at the meager price of $2000. I hate to say it, but I'm going to call shenanigans on the OP possibly being a troll. Not even a single post on any other thread ever. Apologies ahead of time if I am wrong. Wasn't there just a thread a little while ago discussing how some fakers could be posting their fake coins on these boards just to see what might fly and what wouldn't and how to improve their pieces. Only the Chinese fakers might actually think a 1913 V nickel is gonna fool somebody. |
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listen, I'm just trying to make sure. What would you do in this situation? just ask yourself that. as far as this form goes The only thing I use the Internet for is the buying of coins. this would be the first coin form I ever used. Sorry if you think I'm dumb. Just asking questions...............
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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We don't think that you are dumb, but if the truth shows through, why doubt it?
Only 5 were made and we have pictures of all 5. No way yours is real
Just accept it man.
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justme6333, I recommend that you should have it looked at, but there is an extremely high chance that it is fake, and we don't really have a choice to call that either fake or replica because documented facts from the mint, government, etc have been put out proving the total mintage. But if yours truly is a genuine 1913 V nickel, I give you my gratitude and sincere apologies for calling it fake/ replica. |
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I would just put it away, I agree with the rest that its not real. That doesn't mean you can never get lucky, its just almost impossible to get THAT lucky. I found a 3 legged nickel once (around $800 value)
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Posted 01/01/2012 10:19 pm
