Liberty V Nickel 1888 Counterfeit/Fake Mint Error?

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donkrx Valued Member United States 227 Posts	Posted 05/22/2012 5:31 pm Just saw this while browsing ebay, can someone give me some insight on what this might be? Looks fake to me, but just wanted to be sure because I haven't seen anything like this before. The seller did not proclaim it was a legitimate mint error - he marked it "die error?". On this note, what would you guys say is the rarest legitimate mint error? Would it the very off center, broad struck coins? (I have no clue I'm just taking a guess) Report this Post to the Staff

rachums107 Pillar of the Community United States 3345 Posts	Posted 05/22/2012 7:17 pm die chip, common error. no premium rarest error? one coin struck on another Report this Post to the Staff
donkrx Valued Member United States 227 Posts	Posted 05/22/2012 7:51 pm Ah I see... just didn't look quite right to me, ill have to go look at some examples. Even if I'm new to this, its funny how I've seen lots of X over Y dates and DDO's and not this yet. But yeah die chips I can see being very common. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 05/23/2012 11:06 am Rarest error? Possible a mule. And possible the most unusual of mules would be where not only are the dies mismatched but they are for different countries. (And yes they do exist. Oddly enough one of the two country mules is probably also the most common mules. Common enough that one of the Australian grading services used it in their sample slab. Of course that slab was only given to dealers not the general public.) Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 05/23/2012 2:38 pm Perhaps it's only a die chip, but shape is rather interesting as it's similar to the top of the "1". The cleanly angled contours almost look like the top of a repunched digit. I know that on IHC dies, it's believed they tested die hardness by impressing digits at the edge of the bust and denticles. This one's a bit more dramatic than documented MPDs. Perhaps it began as a repunched "1" and then a die chip made the impression deeper. Edited by DVCollector 05/23/2012 2:48 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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Liberty V Nickel 1888 Fake Mint Error?