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if someone took off the mm only to apply it to another Buffalo nickel like a 1921 or 1913 ty.2, to pass it off as the real deal. Every time I hold this coin, I only wonder  May just be coincidental commensurate with the other damage. It's a pretty deep gouge.    swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
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The world may never know!
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Nic-a-date it! :P How unfortunate someone would gouge a mm like that.
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United States
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The gouge around the mm looks too deliberate to be chance, IMO. Kinda nice coin in it's own odd way.
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United States
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Chance is a funny thing. No matter how improbable that this may be random, it is not impossible. It does make one wonder though. What about the other hits on the coin, like that gouge above the 'T' in STATES?
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I can see what jbuck is saying. there look to be four gouges on the rev. The rest don't make any since as to removing a mint mark. For that matter who would believe a mint mark that was dug out of a coin was real? Wouldn't you have to dig out a hole in the receiving coin that perfectly fit the mint mark gouge and secure it...I think it would make a poor "real deal" coin.
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Didn't nails used to be square? Someone might have tried nailing the coin to something and gave up perhaps?
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United States
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My best, amateur guess is that someone gouged the mint mark out as a big chunk and then took more time to saw/chip/file the excess off before applying it to the new, no mint mark coin. The other markings around the coin might have been testing the technique prior to going after the mint mark. I really can't see this being random/accidental...it's too precisely located at/around the mark. Of course, stranger things have happened. Could also be testing their technique on a cheap nickel before the try it on something more valuable... |
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United States
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A coin with a story... :) That's the way I like it
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It certainly looks deliberate. I can't imagine the transplanted coin would even look remotely authentic. I agree with bwbollom. The coin shows similar tools marks possibly used to test the metal and/or technique.
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Posted 10/14/2009 11:34 am
