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Picked up a nice Warnickel off center

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would guess that you did not find it in change....image Cheers, RickO
  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,059 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What's going on with the split/flared bases on some of the lettering and the date? I have a 50's Jeff doing the same.
  • crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭
    That is really cool, as a war nickel fan I would have bought that if I had seen it.
  • TookybanditTookybandit Posts: 3,416 ✭✭✭✭
    image
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,025 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Neat find. Is it worth getting slabbed?

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  • etexmikeetexmike Posts: 6,852 ✭✭✭
    Very cool. I like the Jeffie.


    Mike
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Neat find. Is it worth getting slabbed? >>



    No... But could do quite well on eBay in a 7-10 day auction.
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  • goldengolden Posts: 10,112 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't recall seeing one of these before.
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,981 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The split serifs that you see are a problem associated with striking pressure I believe. Other will chime in
    and correct me, I'm sure.

    bobimage
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  • BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,192 ✭✭✭✭
    Very cool! And problem free. If it were mine, I'd get it slabbed.
    Lurking and learning since 2010. Full-time professional numismatist based in SoCal.
  • stealerstealer Posts: 4,039 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What's going on with the split/flared bases on some of the lettering and the date? I have a 50's Jeff doing the same. >>


    I, too, would I like to know the answer to this question. I wouldn't even have noticed if you hadn't brought it up image
  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,059 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The split serifs that you see are a problem associated with striking pressure I believe. Other will chime in
    and correct me, I'm sure.

    bobimage >>



    Thanks Bob. My apologies for interrupting this thread but my '54 Jeff has the exact same ornate serifs (on a nice strike).
    Nice OC Smitty!
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,672 ✭✭✭✭✭
    thats a real nice pick up, wtg image
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    RE: split serifs................

    do a search on Feuchtwanger or PM ambro51.
  • stealerstealer Posts: 4,039 ✭✭✭✭
    Not to derail the thread, but for those who are or will be wondering about the serifs, here is a relevant thread graciously brought up by keets.

    Link
  • EagleEyeEagleEye Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just to clarify, the split serifs are called bifurcated letters. It happens regularly with open-collar strikes, as discussed in the linked thread. It is not die wear. The metal flow doesn't fill the die in the bases of the letters.
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  • MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What's going on with the split/flared bases on some of the lettering and the date? I have a 50's Jeff doing the same. >>

    t's authencity

    Metal flow. Helps to prove authenticity. Nice coin.
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,029 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice!
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  • JMWJMW Posts: 497 ✭
    Great coin, and a great job on the imaging as well!
  • AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice coin.
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