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Moderator
 United States
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Got this for $10 Someone went through a lot of trouble to create this one. Thought it was a really cool piece. Edge turned 360°     swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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Nice historical piece!
I wonder what's up with the missing (worn?) plating inside the wreath. Was it rubbed off to be sure that the coin isn't gold?
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Valued Member
United States
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probably someone made a lot of them with the machine to put the reeded edge on the 1883 nickels & gold plate them
the 4.95 difference was a lot of money back then
the nickel size was about the same as a 5 dollar piece but was 3.3 grams short, so if someone didn't notice the weight difference or didn't have a scale ..could get away with it until the story broke
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3343 Posts |
That is a superb example. Would it slab, and if so, what would it slab as?
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Cool pick V. What a great piece of history!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7390 Posts |
Nice. Wasn't the guy who did those originally in the 1880's deaf? And is that plumbers puddy V?
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Moderator
 United States
16679 Posts |
Thanks everyone! No, it's earthquake putty ;-)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
Very cool ..
I knew they were out there ..
But this is the first one I seen with reeding
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Me too. Never seen one that someone took the time to reed the edge. Certainly a nice addition to the 'odd and curious' cabinet.
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Moderator
United States
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Thanks! I saw it on ebay and the seller only had pics of the obverse and reverse and no mention of the reeding but I spotted it in the pics. I believe this was hand applied. swcoin.ecrater.com
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Valued Member
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Just super! One has to wonder how the reverse came to be defaced that way. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3229 Posts |
Very cool! First I have seen with reeding.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4932 Posts |
Think the putty could come off without hurting the coin anymore>?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4932 Posts |
Quote:
...and no mention of the reeding... 201506074837Quote:
Reeded edge!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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VT actually did then misREED the description, huh? It happens to the best of us ...
Great buy at that price. I've only seen a few of these and paid twice that amount for mine, many years ago.
Edited by ExoGuy
02/15/2016 6:59 pm
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Posted 02/15/2016 07:55 am
