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Have this backward nickel on a penny wondering what it is? Weighs the same as a penny 2.5 grams   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Can you see the date?
Edited by john100
03/13/2017 11:39 am
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Rest in Peace
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"Toooo-oo much, tiiimmme on my haaa-anndsss" Probably don't remember that song from the '60's, that coin is the result. Called a vise job, imprints the image in reverse from being smashed together! This time was hammered against concrete...  to our family, BTW!  Edited by Crazyb0
03/13/2017 11:39 am
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New Member
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I'm not sure it was sitting at the bottom of my driveway probably been run over a few times on the concrete.
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New Member
Canada
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Thank you for the welcoming  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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If it's a genuine error ooks like some sort of environment damage? If it was outside that makes sense, looks scratched?
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Pillar of the Community
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It looks like file or grinder marks
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Valued Member
Canada
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To me it looks like someone was practising molding skills.A nickle was pressed into molds and then cast giving the reverse view to both sides of the casting.The porous looking spots, at 9:00 on the reverse and 3:00 on the obverse, would have been where the molten metal entered the mold.
After the end result of casting any scars are PCD.
Edited by Dennman
03/13/2017 1:46 pm
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Canada
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Ha I just realized it's reversed, totally missed that. I was too wrapped up in the color. It could be cast I suppose, but why is it reversed, I've seen vise jobs on coins, but there's no evidence of another coin being there? That's a weird one. The strike looks sharp on it? Other than where the scratches are. Head scratcher
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Pillar of the Community
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scratches likely the result of removing traces of the host coin's devices. doesn't take a commercial amount pressure for nickel to act as a die when using a copper "blank"
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Pillar of the Community
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I don't think there are any known authentic Canadian error coins with a brockage on both sides.
Nice fabrication, though the polishing on the obverse is a bit much.
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Pillar of the Community
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I am confident that I could replicate that coin in about two minutes.
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Pillar of the Community
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Reminds me of an old thread here. I sold this one quite some time ago and bought it back on the strangest transaction. I posted these pictures years ago.   Edited by darryldarryl
03/13/2017 3:13 pm
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Moderator
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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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For those who enjoy brokerages, J&M at Torex had a beautiful 19 something small cent with dual perfect brokerage. I couldn't get around how the coin was created and JM high selling price prevented a sale that day, the coin is not slabbed, my guess for his asking price he will own it for a while.
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Thanks for the link Roger. Nice one! Too bad you didn't get it though.
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