Contemporary Fake/Counterfeit Buffalo Nickel

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Nickelcollectr85 Valued Member United States 98 Posts	Posted 02/14/2021 9:45 pm So a few months I picked up an interesting find at a local antique store that I know the description wasn't correct but I've seen these in books but never in person. This Buffalo nickel was labeled as an error coin but the mushy details and lack of obverse of the coin leads me to believe it to be a contemporary counterfeit. I would say it wasn't to deceive the coin collector thinking it to be a rare date or a one sided error coin but to pass in circulation without being noticed of counterfeiting. At the first glance it appears to be a genuine coin but the color just isn't correct leading me to believe it's made out of a different metal. Edited by Nickelcollectr85 02/14/2021 10:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/14/2021 9:56 pm Please show us the obverse for a start. Report this Post to the Staff
Nickelcollectr85 Valued Member United States 98 Posts	Posted 02/14/2021 10:02 pm Sorry coinfrog image didn't go into it correctly for some reason thanks for the heads up Report this Post to the Staff
Rothery Pillar of the Community 2145 Posts	Posted 02/14/2021 10:57 pm Quote: but to pass in circulation without being noticed of counterfeiting Kinda hard to not notice if you tried to pass a handful of one sided nickels. Couldn't this just be PMD? Maybe the weight would add some insight? Just wondering Edited by Rothery 02/14/2021 11:10 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Nickelcollectr85 Valued Member United States 98 Posts	Posted 02/14/2021 11:15 pm Here's an image of the weight on my coin scale. Regular nickels have the weight of 5 grams.. Report this Post to the Staff
Numiscrat Valued Member United States 221 Posts	Posted 02/15/2021 05:47 am I agree with Rothery. Why go halfway on the counterfeit? The obverse looks like a slug. Looks like the obverse was ground/filed/sanded off. Underweight. Plus, in the photo, I believe I see zones with lots of parallel scratches, and the direction of the scratches changes from one zone to another. That is exactly what happens when you try to grind something flat and change cutting direction and don't apply pressure consistently while shifting things around. Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21589 Posts	Posted 02/15/2021 08:02 am Lack of a rim on the Obverse tells me that it has been ground down. You can't have a rim on only one side. This would also account for the lighter weight. Just a damaged Buffalo nickel. Report this Post to the Staff
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Contemporary Counterfeit Buffalo Nickel