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Bedrock of the Community
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What happened here? Struck on wrong planchet? Don't know what it's worth but must be one of a kind. 121824255391 |
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Certainly an odd duck. My guess is that this is some item that was slightly smaller than the width of the nickel that was placed over the edge of the nickel and given a couple of good whacks with a hammer.
It will be interesting to see what others have to say, but my guess (and it really is only a guess) is that it's a post mint beat down.
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Pillar of the Community
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I agree with moxking, just look at the damage on the obverse. Don't know how it was done but it's PMD not an error. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
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I kind of lean towards a strike on a foreign planchet, but he or she has done very little on research of possible country with weight and non or magnetic for the kind of money asking. The lettering seems to be raised is the only reason for it being legit.
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Someone used a softer metal pipe to create a false die of sorts. It's not a foreign planchet imo, there is no evidence of another strike inside the borders.
I will add, the obverse shows damage, like it rested on concrete when the coin was bashed with whatever it was. I would suggest again, a soft metal pipe struck a coin, or God knows what, it was then smacked into that poor unsuspecting nickel.
Edited by Alan
12/19/2015 6:22 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Is that even a real 5-center? Something doesn't jive with QE2's face. It's got a "Chinese" kind of look to it.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looking at it, you may be right Beitercoins. Couldn't see the forest for the trees. The eyes and jewels seem wrong. This would explain how it was done. They are now counterfeiting error coins. If some one can verify this, I will put it in the counterfeit section to be removed. This is sellers 2000 Obverse  This is legit 2000 Obverse  |
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Pillar of the Community
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It's definitely not a Chinese counterfeit. It's not a foreign planchet It's a damaged coin. It is no longer round and has expanded beyond the size a nickel.
Alan's scenario is the most plausible so far.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
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If this coin was a foreign planchet that was slightly larger, the Queen could take on some of already struck design, but it needs a lot more research to be asking price.
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It just about looks like it got caught in some type of machine that had some kind of lettering/numbers punched into one of its parts and the coin picked up the lettering as it was forced to make its way through. This ones nearly anyone's guess.
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there is no evidence of another strike inside the borders This was the first thing I looked for, especially in the devices... I agree with the others, as to this thing not being a legit error. "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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looks like someone modified a 2000 non-P nickle to me.
definitely not a planchet in my books, and definitely not a mis-strike either.
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Posted 12/19/2015 5:30 pm
