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Canada
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Also picked this one up today at the coin show. It's a double struck 1963 nickel. But sometimes I see 3 strikes (particularly on the obverse)? Yes, all the devices are raised and the rim is intact all the way around.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Way over my pay grade.  |
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United States
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Pretty sure this was struck from false dies. Not a mint error.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Pretty sure this was struck from false dies. Not a mint error. Enlighten me... |
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Canada
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Now that's a new one for me.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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I don't understand why the rim has no impressions
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The rim should show damage from underlying off center strike. Red flags. Would need to see it in hand. I count 4 strikes on rev
Edited by nickelsguy
04/20/2024 9:05 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I don't know on this one.
I'm not sure due to the fact that the additional strikes left too much of the underlying details with no flattening. The details are usually obliterated by the 2nd, 3rd, etc. where they can almost disappear. Also, with the additional strikes being off center, I don't see any indications of being broad struck.
When I look at the letters in CANADA, the letters don't look like they were struck from the same die. The cut of the letters doesn't look to be of the same design and shape.
ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
Edited by Yokozuna
04/20/2024 9:30 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What happened to the last A in Canada on the second strike? Why is "5 Cents" not doubled?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Most definitely struck with fake dies... No real coin die would produce the outer edge of a coin, that is only produced by the collar die meeting with the edge of the other two dies.
Feel free to call me Will.
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United States
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Mike might want to see this one. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Most definitely struck with fake dies... No real coin die would produce the outer edge of a coin, that is only produced by the collar die meeting with the edge of the other two dies. I tend to agree. I don't think a second rim should be there |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm in the struck with fake dies camp.
Errers and Varietys.
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United States
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Very interesting. |
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Canada
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Edited by darryldarryl
04/23/2024 06:24 am
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United States
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After looking at this coin, put me "tentatively" on team genuine double struck, albeit a rotated and tilted secondary strike. The devices are correctly oriented and not inversed as a post mint double strike vise job would be. Quote:
Why is "5 cents" not doubled? It is doubled, look to the upper left towards the rim as I see the secondary 5 CE then fades from there... We may have to look at what the dies looked like back in 1963 when this nickel was struck to garner better ideas...  It almost looks like somebody in 1963 was playing with the dies at Ottawa so it could be a mint employee assisted error... |
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Posted 04/20/2024 5:01 pm
