Anybody into coins? Mis-struck nickel?
Some folks think it's been "Wire brushed" but seems to me nickel would be too hard and the finish is too smooth for simple wire brushing, How did they do it and just leave the center of the image?
And why would they do it? trying to fake a mis-strike?
And why would they do it? trying to fake a mis-strike?
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Might be a high spot 0 -
Current US 5 cent pieces are 25% nickel, 75% copper. 0 -
That's not a mis strike, someone intentionally defaced that coin. High grit sandpaper or something similar. You can see the four main cuts they did. 9 -
That was my impression also. I have several miss-struck coins and they don't have a scratch on them. The dies used to make the coins are scratch free and couldn't leave those marks. The blanks before being struck are also almost blemish free. Not sure what they were trying to accomplish but I see the hand of Bubba at work on that nickel. Bobredneckandy said:That's not a mis strike, someone intentionally defaced that coin. High grit sandpaper or something similar. You can see the four main cuts they did.
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A collecting category known as EFO (errors, freaks, & oddities). Interesting, but not valuable & little market for them.Neal
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Could have been the one in my back pocket when I fell on my Azz? 0 -
A coin shop closing their doors all but begged me to buy a replica of an ancient coin that had been created before such items were required to be clearly reproductions. They wanted more than I would pay for a conversation piece and I let it slide. Often wondered if I should have snagged it.
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looks like ie was caught up in something that damaged the face and "filed" away on the obverse while somewhat rotating. maybe in a piece of machinery or ??? anyway definitely does not look like a traditional error coin 0
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