Contemporary or Modern Carving?
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Looking at this one and am leaning toward it be an older carving yet for the life of me can't figure out the style or artist.
Your thoughts?
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Details seem to be chiseled. Seems like they did not change too much except chop off her nose.
Just like with hobo nickels, I am at a loss to determine the age of any carving (other than maybe within the last decade).
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Impossible to say, but does look like an attempt at an art deco style.
I'd go with "in between". If I recall correctly, most of the contemporary Buffalo nickels with carvings had strong (EF or so) details prior to carving and this coin appears to fit that criteria. Also, the aesthetics of this piece seem to be more aligned with art prior to 1960, or thereabouts, rather than after. However, the altered portion seems to have removed a rather thick layer of patina, which would have taken a while to typically build up on the surface. Therefore, I go with somewhere in the middle for time frame.
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An unsuccessful attempt to turn it into a 1933-34 Chicago Century of Progress looking piece. The carver butchered the nose.
I'll bet that is when it dates from.
Exactly my thought as well.
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It looks like there was some damage to the area in front of the face that was removed, and then continued with modifications... Looks like something from the 60's/70's....Cheers, RickO
The base coin itself does not show much wear. By the 1960's it would have been very unusual to find a 1918 Mercury dime with that little wear in circulation. I'm sticking with my guess that it dates from the 1930's.
Here's the reverse:
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On a piece as this, does it really matter? Looks like an older carving.
Finding a 1918-S dime in that condition in the 1960's would have been a really rare event. I'm sticking with 1930's for the carving.