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1919 Nickel With Obverse Die-Break

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 Posted 11/16/2012  9:12 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Pertinax to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
There seems (to me) to be a very extensive die-break across the obverse of this 1919 nickel.

1919-Nickel-With-Obverse-Die-Break

1919-Nickel-With-Obverse-Die-Break



Is this common or rare for this series, please ?

What is the mint/where is the mintmark ?
There seems to be an incuse F below the date - what does this signify ?

What grade would you assign ?

What would be a fair retail price ?

The coin belongs to an old lady, and there is a coin collector interested in buying it.

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It's a lamination error, caused by improper mixing of the alloy used to make the planchet. This type of error is common in Buffalo nickels and may add a slight premium.
This is a Philadelphia coin as proven by the lack of a mintmark below Five Cents.
The F is the designer initial ( John Flanagan).
Grade is maybe VF and value might be $10-15 at a guess.
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