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Solved! The Coin-Riddle And Win A Roll Of Buffalo Nickels.

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 Posted 05/27/2013  11:21 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add g048406 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I have a roll of Buffalo nickels, all with dates-some restored. If you are the 1st one to solve this 'brain teaser', I will send them to you. Ready:

In 1919, former President Theodore Roosevelt walked into a coin store. He takes out a new silver medal and shows it to the dealer. On the obverse, it has the date 1918 and a big "V". The reverse says "Victory World War I". The dealer immediately tells Roosevelt, "it's a fake"...........Why is it a fake?
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05/28/2013 01:15 am
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 Posted 05/28/2013  12:18 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add timnic44 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
He died on Jan 6, 1919 after being ill for a couple months. I doubt he walked into a cooin store even if there was one in the town where he lived
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 Posted 05/28/2013  12:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add g048406 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Though doubtful, it would still be possible for him to walk into the coin store.
If this riddle goes unsolved, I will add a clue tomorrow night
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 Posted 05/28/2013  12:47 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jay4202472000 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Because it was bronze. The obv had a winged lady representing victory. The rev had "The Great War for Civilization" and the dates 1914-1919. Hope this is what you are looking for!
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 Posted 05/28/2013  12:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nohope587 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Because they did not know it was world war 1 second world war had not started. so how could it not be fake...
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 Posted 05/28/2013  01:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add g048406 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Congratulations to nohope587! YOU ARE 100% CORRECT. I will contact you and send you the buffalos.
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 Posted 05/28/2013  09:18 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add noahs-numismatics to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice!

Good riddle too
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