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Hello Everyone, I have what appears to be a 1883 Liberty V nickelTaken many pictures, used a proscope and can't figure out what I'm looking at. Has anyone seen this type of error on a Liberty V nickel?   1883 Liberty V nickel_obv001  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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 To CCF! Are the lines incuse? They look incused in the pictures. Errers and Varietys.
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I believe it is. have pics of reverse.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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It's hard to say, since the coin has seen so much circulation. I'm hoping it's what I think it is, but I've been wrong before.   Errers and Varietys.
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You got my attention, what are you thinking?
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How high does the reverse stick up - because I'm thinking it's damage caused by a punch placed on the obverse and smacked a few times, and the coin cracked as it pushed the reverse up. Just a talking point I'm throwing out there..............  |
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The cracks look far more like post-mint abuse rather than anything caused during the minting. And I think if those cracks had been there ever since the coin was freshly minted, I'd suspect that (a) the coin would have been pulled from circulation as a curiosity long before it got to that heavily worn state, and (b) the cracks would have worn flat as well. So I would presume the cracking happened to it after it was already worn flat.
It looks to me like the coin was soldered or glued onto something (you know, like the old "glue a coin to the sidewalk and watch the rubes try to pick it up" gag) and someone has come along and torn the coin off whatever it was attached to with enough force to actually tear the coin's metal fabric.
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Thank you all for the Welcome and taking the time to look at my coin. If the reverse is raised it's microscopic. Damage caused by a punch makes sense.
It has not been soldered or glued onto something but it could be post damage, not sure.
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Here I go with my standard response to threads like this. Please do not take personal offense as none is intended. I would simply advise not to waste precious time or mental energy on this coin, as it is beyond redemption. Who cares how that damage happened.. could be from any number of indeterminate causes. It is worth what a plugged nickel is worth, so just stuff it in a roll and send it back to the bank. Let someone who has never seen a V nickel make a surprise discovery and try to figure it out.  |
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It sure looks like a damaged coin.
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Posted 03/02/2026 12:23 am
