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mokpie New Member Canada 48 Posts	Posted 03/27/2012 09:17 am Last night I was quite excited to find this while CRH, but once I picked it up, I immediately thought that it was a fake. Has anyone encountered fake nickels in this time period? Is that a common thing? What is the best way of knowing for sure? The reasons that I think it is fake are: 1) It feels light, I didn't weigh it, but just by feel it seems lighter than any of the other 99.9% nickel coins 2) The feel of the metal just seems off..it reminds me of the old TTC subway tokens, or some sort of token from an arcade 3) The condition of it seemed too new for such an old coin Hopefully I'm wrong, but I don't have my hopes up. Thanks! As a further note, I went here: http://bc.rcmp.ca/ViewPage.action?s...tentId=16067 and I don't see any of the things noted on this site for some other fakes (filled in A, curled 5, lack of detail on George) Edited by mokpie 03/27/2012 09:24 am Report this Post to the Staff

ikandiggit Pillar of the Community Canada 1166 Posts	Posted 03/27/2012 09:40 am What is the actual weight of it? Report this Post to the Staff
kitkat1858 Valued Member Canada 371 Posts	Posted 03/27/2012 12:07 pm It looks real to me. Why would someone fake a 1935 nickel? Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsguy Pillar of the Community Canada 2301 Posts	Posted 03/27/2012 12:24 pm There are many contemporary counterfeits of the Geo 5th nickel nickels. This one does not have any of the indicators that I use/am familiar with. Report this Post to the Staff
biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 03/27/2012 1:03 pm , mokpie! Weight would help. If you don't have a scale, a gun reloader, coin shop, jeweler, high school chem lab, gold buyer, etc should be able to help., Report this Post to the Staff
Tim Stroud Pillar of the Community United States 2661 Posts	Posted 03/27/2012 5:57 pm Quote: Why would someone fake a 1935 nickel? That is a good question, but remember we had a guy here in the U.S. that made counterfeit common U.S. nickels and made a good living doing so until being caught. Report this Post to the Staff
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