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TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 09/14/2009 11:27 pm [eBayItem]180407867190[/eBayItem] Unbelievable listing. First of all this is a not an NGC slab but a lesser known and less qualified grading service that looks like the NGC in a way. So the 6 feedback seller tries to slide it by I think and lists it as certified. There is no way that a Buffalo nickel would get struck over a War Nickel, or is there? I was going to report it but thought this one needs some looking at to educate us on what not to buy. Can anyone explain what this item is? Edited by TNG 09/14/2009 11:29 pm Report this Post to the Staff

DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 09/15/2009 01:57 am That's sure a weird one...in so many ways Here's one of the pics...why do you suppose the "FIVE CENTS" is reversed? Maybe a vise job with a Buff nickel and a Jefferson, then somebody tried to re-engrave Jefferson into the mashed coin? Edited by DVCollector 09/15/2009 01:57 am Report this Post to the Staff
RFB Pillar of the Community United States 532 Posts	Posted 09/15/2009 04:50 am Creative Hobo? Report this Post to the Staff
Chump_Change Pillar of the Community United States 618 Posts	Posted 09/15/2009 05:06 am I guess if I owned it and it was real why wold you list a BIN? Wouldn't that rare of a coin be more valuable? Just a thought? Wheezy could give us more of an insight? Not to familiar with Spendy Nickels. Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 09/15/2009 09:44 am I am not an error guy ... but thinking logically. The reversed FIVE CENTS has to come from another pair of Buffalo coins pressed into the Jefferson with a vise I suppose. This only has a reverse impression from a Buffalo so I think it is three coins pressed together. If this were remotely possible, it would be more likely that a Buffalo nickel might have had a chance to get mixed in with blank planchets in 1942 an then we might have a strike showing both obverse coins and both reverse coins but not reversed. It is impossible for this to be what the title implies because the Jefferson design came after the Buffalo. VERY RARE 1942 S ERROR NICKLE BUFFALO OVER JEFFERSON How could a 1942 coin be in a die working sometime before 1939? You know I have a vise a rather worn War Nickel and a couple of other new nickels I could tape in place around the rims and see what I can produce. Where else can you make 1,000.00 an hour selling errors? I might have to send it out to SGS though for it to be Genuine. Edited by TNG 09/15/2009 10:04 am Report this Post to the Staff
Chump_Change Pillar of the Community United States 618 Posts	Posted 09/15/2009 10:06 am Wheezzy, I will try to do a little somethin at work tonight. we have some pretty hefty presses maybme I can make a test run. Then we could see what it woudl look like. Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 09/15/2009 10:08 am LOL, That would be cool. Maybe the War Nickel is a little softer than a regular. I don't know. Don't use any 2009 nickels LOL! Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 09/15/2009 12:17 pm Quote: First of all this is a not an NGC slab but a lesser known and less qualified grading service that looks like the NGC in a way. Nope, the label is from Numismatic Conservation Services(NCS), NGC's sister organization. However, I am almost certain that is not an NCS slab but notice the label "DO NOT HOLDER". I think that might be a bodybag label from NCS that was placed in a plastic shell and made to look like a legit slab. I think the seller submitted it to NCS thinking he had a rare error, then it was returned bodybagged as a genuine War Nickel that was "modified" thus the "DO NOT HOLDER" notation. The seller then decided that was not good enough and got a plastic shell and put the bodybag label and the coin in it but the important item missing is the hologram! This is only a theory and I could be wrong as I have never seen an NCS bodybag label but the label is the most confusing part of this and the coin cannot be a genuine error, just too many things wrong with it. Report this Post to the Staff
Electric_Op_Ltd Valued Member United States 183 Posts	Posted 09/15/2009 1:03 pm Mmm, a time machine next to the striking press maybe? Just another day on ebay! Is there no end..... Report this Post to the Staff
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