Buffalo Nickel Struck On Argentine 10 Centavos Planchet?

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XavierOfGreen Pillar of the Community United States 2589 Posts	Posted 03/07/2016 8:51 pm Hello All, I was going through a bulk lot of dateless buffalos I had purchased a while back and noticed this coin. Its incredibly thin for a Buffalo nickel, about 1/2 to 2/3rds. It also appears to be smaller in diameter than a regular Buffalo nickel. Furthermore the details of the obverse and reverse do not appear to be the result of wear but rather from the planchet being to small/thin for the collar. This leads me to believe it is struck on a foreign planchet. The only one that seems to make sense to me would be an Argentine 10 centavos. -XoG Report this Post to the Staff

XavierOfGreen Pillar of the Community United States 2589 Posts	Posted 03/07/2016 11:05 pm The coin on the left in the images is the one I believe is the one struck on a foreign planchet Edited by XavierOfGreen 03/08/2016 09:02 am Report this Post to the Staff
bpoc1 Rest in Peace United States 4078 Posts	Posted 03/08/2016 06:33 am Interesting. Report this Post to the Staff
ExoGuy Pillar of the Community United States 4416 Posts	Posted 03/08/2016 08:56 am I think I see a date ... 1918/1919. What's the weight? Report this Post to the Staff
XavierOfGreen Pillar of the Community United States 2589 Posts	Posted 03/08/2016 09:05 am Apologies the one on the left is the coin in question, the one on the right is a 1913 S type 1. I haven't had a chance to weigh it yet, the best scale I have is a postage scale Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 03/08/2016 09:57 am Another possibility is a long acid bath. The reaction of the acid on the nickel would likely leave granularity as seen on your example. Report this Post to the Staff
XavierOfGreen Pillar of the Community United States 2589 Posts	Posted 03/08/2016 10:29 am I thought that might be a possibility at first as well, but the rim shows no signs of acid and the diameter of the coin is noticeably smaller than it should be. Report this Post to the Staff
Zimmy Valued Member United States 460 Posts	Posted 03/08/2016 4:14 pm It's acid treated.....acid can reduce the diameter as well as the thickness of a coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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