19xx-S Buffalo Nickel With Die Clash.

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Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 6535 Posts	Posted 06/25/2024 11:03 am Bought inexpensively on ebay as a regular nickel. I am having a hard time matching up the letter position under the chin. Usually the reverse clash has a nice thick horizontal line that makes it clear where the letters will peek out. Any ideas on what goes where? I have to say, from a distance with the naked eye, it's easy to see the squiggles definitely have structure, but when I get zoomed in with the magnifier, it is much harder to determine lettering on the worn surface. Coin was sold as a 1916 (no mm mentioned). Is this actually a 1916 or something else? Finally, I don't know if it's Pareidolia, but there is a very well defined E shape indented in front of the chin. It's way too big to be the E from EPU, and it seems way too misaligned to be the E from America. Might be a different shape from the clash that my brain just refuses to see as anything but a letter. Report this Post to the Staff

mrwhatisit Pillar of the Community United States 2955 Posts	Posted 06/25/2024 11:18 am Hmm, I clearly see a 1916 as the date, and yes, those marks below the chin definitely look like clash marks as I have a couple of Buffalo nickels with similar clashing... Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188952 Posts	Posted 06/25/2024 4:51 pm Very interesting. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96800 Posts	Posted 06/25/2024 6:37 pm nice clash under the chin on this 1916 nickel. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74533 Posts	Posted 06/25/2024 10:31 pm Looks like a clash mark. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
mycrob Pillar of the Community United States 2602 Posts	Posted 06/26/2024 5:38 pm 16-S for sure, not 19. Clash under chin comes from the E PLuribus Unum letters of the reverse. The more letters clashing the more desireable, in my opinion. The F is the designer's initials, not a clash. Edited by mycrob 06/26/2024 5:39 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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