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1866 Three Cent Nickel

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 Posted 02/26/2015  1:47 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Cross-eyed to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I was going through some of My Fathers collection and found this Three Cent Nickel.
I'm not to sure as to what happen here.It was either stamped twice,or,the die was about to come apart.How did this one get so much damage?
The front looks like maybe die clashing and possibly die chip on the reverse?

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 Posted 02/26/2015  3:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SsuperDdave to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My first reaction to your coin was kinda unfavorable; I couldn't imagine so much happening on a single coin. Not even a 3CN. Then I found this:

http://coins.ha.com/itm/three-cent-.../1122-7718.s

Yours appears to be the same die pair by comparison of what I can see for cracking, in terminal condition. Perhaps a later clashing event. Need to look at this one for a while.
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 Posted 02/26/2015  3:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinCollector2000 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yeah, I don't like the look of it either. But I am not an expert on it, so don't take my word for it.
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Yah,I was amazed at all that was going on with this coin. So I thought I would ask, and get an expert opinion.
After registering, I took a closer look at the one on heritage, and I didn't see any marks behind the head, or, going up the wreath on the right side of the coin. But with all of the die cracks on the reverse, the die couldn't have lasted much longer. IMO
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