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A few years ago I bought a very large lot of liberty head nickels I have sense gone through all of them and found a few very nice coins a 1883 no cent in remarkable condition ! I thought to myself did anyone even look at these before they sold them ?!!? Well I found one that really caught my eye it looked a little worse for wear so I took out my loop and to my surprise the date looked like a 1913 the coin was in in good condition and I thought to myself must be the light at the time I knew of them but not a lot about them so back in the pile it went 3 years later I have them all put into flips and I have them all dated my assistant labels one a 1913 I laugh and tell her they didn't make a 1913 but I take a closer look its the same coin as before and I have sense looked at it a lot and have had a few experts look at it they all say it looks like a 1913 now we all know there are 5 specimens out there all accounted for so I do my research and have read about a possible 6th some stories say more some say there was a display box etc etc one story that made me start to really think was when I read about George O Walton's coin and the car crash look it up if you haven't read it this coin looks like it was not taken care of and that does make my job harder if it was a clean and solid date I could tell if it was real or not fakes are so easy to spot when you have the eye for them I want to know what you all think and if you would like I will post a photo of the coin I'm serious about this and am just trying to take baby steps with this its passed my eyes test and a dealer who is a very acclaimed expert so please give me your knowledge thank you !!
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Rest in Peace
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Give us some pix please. MANY, MANY fakes abound for this coin. 99.9999999999999999912% chance if it isn't a damaged 1912, you got a counterfeited one. It may even be a modified 2 type, that was poplar in the 40's-60's to do a bit of garage adaptions and with the advent of the Dremel...well some were fairly nicely, ah, "modified"
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01/30/2018 12:47 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 You sure did spend a lot of time writing this. It reads like a novel. My suggestion would be to post a pic so that we can confirm authenticity. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Pass the butter while waiting. |
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United States
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and yes, please post a picture. I saw a VERY convincing one a dealer had at a show about 20 years ago. But it was like the one Crazyb0 mentioned. I VERY skilled individual with a Dremel altered a 1912. But it looked oh so convincing. Looking forward to your picture. Be sure and take us a close up of the date.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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As had been mentioned, this is a very commonly counterfeited coin because of the rarity and value. Only pictures can help here.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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to CCF. There are 5 known all in proof condition. Please post good pics,obverse and reverse of the 1913. Also post some pics of the other really nice ones you found. John1  |
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Hereshopping77: to the CCF ! Most probably an altered date. Ref. Numismatic Forgery, by Charles M. Larson. I read somewhere that all 1913 genuine Liberty Head Nickels have been accounted for. Very difficult to read the post. Needs punctuation and paragraphing of no more than 4 lines on the screen. It would be nice to have a very deceiving forgery of one of these in my 'black' collection, but don't ever be tempted to sell one by deception. You will attract the full force of the Law, if the buyer proves the case against you. |
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Has to be the longest sentence I have ever seen. Try reading that out loud without taking a breath! And also |
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United States
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Please, post pictures. Most likely your coin is a Chinese counterfeit or a modified 1912 nickel.
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Thanks for the photo! As others have said, it's very unlikely it's a genuine 1913 Liberty Head Nickel. (I use the term "genuine" haltingly, because even a "real" 1913 LH was a fake.) But.. it looks intriguing.
If possible, take it out of the holder and do a close-up on the date. And try to eliminate any light glare.
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01/30/2018 11:28 am
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Rest in Peace
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Because of the pitted damage with intent quite possible since shinyness is more recent, will be hard to tell, but is a prime cabnidate for being an altered 1910. That's what it appears to be.
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My thoughts after all the research I've done is that do to natural wear it has worn down to look this way or that it is the coin that was in Walton's car
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Pillar of the Community
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My thoughts are it's a beat up 1910 but if you believe you have a 1913 Liberty nickel, send it off to a TPG for confirmation. |
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