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1940 Jefferson Nickel - Split Planchet Error?

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 Posted 02/14/2023  8:18 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add John Arbuckel to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi everyone, I am new to this site and I have a question about this 1940 nickel I found. I found this nickel while coin roll hunting. I don't consider myself a huge coin collector, but if I find an old coin or some thing that looks neat I usually hold onto it. Does this look like a split Planchet? It weighs 2.59 g compared to the about 5 g that a normal nickel should weigh. In one of the photos in this post I have a 1979 nickel next to it and you can see it's about half as thick as a normal nickel. Do you think this is real? I'm thinking it could be a fake nickel someone got at a fair or made somehow. Any thoughts? Is it worth anything? I'm thinking it's just a fake.

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 Posted 02/14/2023  8:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John Arbuckel to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Here are the photos, they did not upload in the previous post.
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 Posted 02/14/2023  9:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dearborn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

well hard to get details of the coin from such a huge distance, but it is thinner, and the reverse was obliterated - I say the reverse was sanded down.

In addition, it is best practice to NOT use metal tool to hold your coins. If this was a rare find or a very expensive one, you have a huge potential to damage it and reduce any intrinsic value it would hold.
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As posted, I can't determine from the pics what may be happening. Hope to see full, large and sharp photos. Thanks.
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 Posted 02/14/2023  9:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Khromtau to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think I can see a hint of lathe lines, so probably turned on a lathe and then soldered?
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I'll try to post some better photos when I get the chance. I'm pretty much thinking it's just a fake or someone was messing around with power tools and they decided to destroy this nickel
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Here are some better photos
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Sanded down and was probably a coin that had two halves glued together to make a two headed coin. (Looser coin. Most coin flips are called heads. A two tailed coin would be one for cheaters to use) IMOHO
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