What Happened To This Buffalo Nickel!

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Rollhunter1994 Valued Member United States 195 Posts	Posted 05/02/2009 7:09 pm I recently found this 1927 Buffalo nickel in from a roll of Cull Buffalo nickels. Anybody have any ideas as to how this happened? P.S. I got the roll off of ebay for $6.50. Is this a Fair Price? Here are Pics Report this Post to the Staff

weerdsteev Pillar of the Community United States 1291 Posts	Posted 05/02/2009 7:42 pm Yikes! It's (remotely) possible that someone used this one as a "test dummy" in preparation for some serious counterfeiting attempt. One well known method of counterfeitng is to grind away the reverse of one coin and the front of another and then bond them together. Take a 1913-P obverse and bond it to a 1920-S reverse and - voila - you have a 1913-S T2 nickel. tThe problem with that is that the edge is dead giveaway. You can usualy see the bond-point with the naked eye. It's possible that someone was trying to "hollow out" the reverse of your coin in preparation for dropping in an altered reverse from another. What I'm seeing on your coin would eliminate that annoying dead give away split on the edge! On the other hand...it could have just been some idiot with some power tools and too much time on his hands! PS...fair enough on the price...but I'm elated when I can sell mine for $6.00 per roll. Want some more......? Edited by weerdsteev 05/02/2009 7:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 05/02/2009 8:16 pm What happened? Lathe. Why? You got me. Report this Post to the Staff
xshift Pillar of the Community United States 2669 Posts	Posted 05/02/2009 8:37 pm Quote: Lathe Not a very smooth job, either. Report this Post to the Staff
peterplanchet Valued Member United States 98 Posts	Posted 05/04/2009 10:14 pm I could speculate that someone might have been starting to make a "magician's coin," or perhaps jewelry. Report this Post to the Staff
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