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Valued Member
 United States
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hi everyone, thank you for the responses. specs- my coin - 4.9 grams Red Book - 5 grams my coin - 21.08 mm Red Book - 21.2 mm included here are some more photos. sorry could not find my mirror. in paper flip with dot orientation to show rotated die error. circulated War Nickel next to mine for comparison. single photo of mine is stacked on War Nickel, same size. source of my nickel is entirely different than any other coin I own. the metal is not soft like lead, tried the finger nail test, nothing. Counterfeit, very well could be. Would a TPGC even look at this? thanks everyone       |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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To me those white oxidation spots tell he tale more than anything else. The material the coin is made from, even if not lead, is not the same alloy as regular War Nickels....they just don't corrode that way. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Any just FYI...I would love nothing more than for this to be genuine! Don't take my skeptisism the wrong way! For me I assume all coins like this are fake until proven genuine....is the safest road to take to save yourself dissapointement and money.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1944 Posts |
the commentary in this thread - is interesting to me. while I am NOT a trained/educated expert, I am an avid and interested reader/student/learner.
i tend to rely almost unwaveringly on the experts here. (and there are several - unreproachable experts).
your coin would fool me as to its authecenticiy, and your description seems convencing. I have read (although extremely rarely) one or more of the experts have been proved to be incorrect.
short of having this authenticated by experts "in hand" - I would have to presume that the experts - who are offering their opinions from photograps - are correct.
your coin is really - very interesting - to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4809 Posts |
A Union bullet. Pretty neat. I'm curious to see how this develops further. My initial thought was how could the letters be doubled so distinctly but not the bust or Monticello. But I've seen plenty here that baffles the mind, mine anyway. Still, interesting coin and also with the ensuing discussions. Great opportunity to learn something new here and to catch a glimpse of a piece history - was the bullet dropped or was it fired?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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dropped. A friend of mine was a tour guide at the battleground for years and gave it to me as a present (shhhhhh...don't tell anyone I have it...is technically illegal...LOL)
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Valued Member
United States
101 Posts |
hi, I guess I will chalk it up to being a counterfeit soft die coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I would still keep it as a counterfeit coin. Sometimes we need images of what to look for on counterfeit coins to identify them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2824 Posts |
a small section of collectors also collect counterfeits so it still might have value to those who do for example I collect henning nickels and Russian Mercury dimesplus its a conversation piece Edited by OcalaFlorida
12/18/2014 2:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4809 Posts |
Your secret is safe - the Feds are more interested with counterfeit money than the origins of your bullet. Three ribs is the typical indicator for a Union bullet. Pretty cool specimen!
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