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After my father passed a nickel was found with his coin collection that I have not been able to place its origins ( special set - proto type etc ). If anyone has any info on this nickel I would appreciate the info Thank you - front and back of coin   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Interesting, any tool marks on the rim?
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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 To the Canadian Forum. Can you get a shot of the edge? |
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2 more pics   Edited by nythril
08/31/2015 4:41 pm
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I would guess post mint damage from just these pictures. Unless you know of a fourteen sided coin that the Canadian mint perhaps was minting for another country in 1998.
Cheers, Bill
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The mint produced scalloped (nickel brass), 7-sided and 11-sided coins in 1998 - but not a 14-sided planchet. I am skeptical as to this being legit...
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The coin was found via regular change - not purchased. Seems like a ton of money to forge a nickel ? Could it have been someone at the mint messing around or experimenting?
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Pillar of the Community
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My guess a real good close up picture of the rim beads will tell the story.
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In the pics some sides appear to be longer than others. A mint-produced 14 sided planchet or collar would have all sides equal.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
Edited by DBM
08/31/2015 9:20 pm
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New Member
Canada
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would it be possible with a machine press to create that effect without buckling the coin?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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PMD.. Couple taps randomly placed with a hammer as seen here, took about 1 minute. I'm sure a vise with smooth jaws would be more accurate. IMO Notice the arrows show the same look between the beads and rim as the OP's coin, the metal has been pushed.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Way to go pennyman007! No longer a matter of opinion or speculation.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
Edited by DBM
08/31/2015 9:31 pm
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"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Here's the other side of the cent but with denticles that seem to roll with the punches so to say. It is copper so its softer I suppose.  |
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