After your video I was leaning towards genuine with altered surfaces, now I'm leaning towards counterfeit.
See pic below:
The circled areas look like small raised bumps, do they look raised in hand?
The void in the squared area is a concern as well.
1- Buffalos "beard" does not look correct. It looks oversized, bulbous, and lacks detail.
2&2- Front legs look incorrect. The buffalos right leg looks narrow while the left looks abnormally large.
The deeper than usual void around the buffs front left leg and around sits belly also looks suspect. In your video this area reflects light differently as well.
I'm also concerned with the granularity of the entire FIVE CENTS area as well.
NS- what does the edge look like on this one? There should be signs of striations from the planchet being punched out, but not completely crossing the entire edge. Also, check where the edge and rim meet, if those surfaces are beveled and granular, that is also a red flag.
For $33 bucks, a very Interesting discussion piece so far!
