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New Member
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I found an interesting coin and couldn't find information online. Can someone help identify what it is / what it's worth? -thanks   |
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New Member
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Note it is magnetic enough to be picked up by a magnet
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Pillar of the Community
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New Member
United States
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What gives that away? It has been in a piggy bank for 50 years
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Rest in Peace
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Cut out the background on those photos or take new photos that can be enlarged. Looking at the photos you present it's impossible to give you help.
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Pillar of the Community
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It looks plated, right? If so, I've seen these in stores & online, generally part of a pc. of jewelery, in this case cufflinks.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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That wouldn't account for it being magnetic though.
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New Member
United States
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It is mostly silver in color with a hint of bronze
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New Member
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Here is a different angle on it Sorry if it doesn't help more   |
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Pillar of the Community
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If it is silver in color and magnetic then you can be pretty sure it was plated with nickel and if bronze colored also maybe replated with something else
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New Member
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Could it have been some kind of mistake at the mint?
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Moderator
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Could it have been some kind of mistake at the mint? Perhaps, but I am firmly on the side that this coin was plated after it left the mint, thus destroying most of its value. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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New Member
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Would someone playing it have it be magnetic enough to be picked up by a small fridge magnet?
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United States
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@tony123, yep nickel-plating can be magnetic. Also, I neglected to welcome you previosuly--very glad that you are here on CCF and posting about your coin.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
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For sure.  to the CCF! |
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