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Buffalo Nickel with messed up E Pluribus Unum

jb812jb812 Posts: 4 ✭
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Hi, I've been doing this for about 4 months, so of course I think I've found a million dollar error coin. Would someone with more experience than me care to confirm that I am a millionaire? Thanks.

Seriously though. It's messed up, and I'd greatly appreciate some input.

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,871 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Requires sign-in. :/

  • jb812jb812 Posts: 4 ✭

    Oops.

    https://ibb.co/mR2pzyF

    And it's this nickel.

    https://tinyurl.com/2s44bxxa

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jb812 ... Welcome aboard....It is difficult to properly assess the coin in those pictures. That being said, what I believe you have is a worn and slightly damaged (PMD - Post Mint Damage) coin. Better pictures of the specific area would help to confirm the assessment. Cheers, RickO

  • jb812jb812 Posts: 4 ✭

    @ricko said:
    a worn and slightly damaged (PMD - Post Mint Damage) coin. Better pictures of the specific area would help to confirm the assessment. Cheers, RickO

    What did the grader think when he saw it? He couldn't have thought "worn and damaged" because he gave it a 64. Or could he?

    And letters are missing or joined. And the first "u" in "pluribus" looks doubled. And those two things together don't make sense in my vast 4 months of experience.

    https://ibb.co/YLCck7h That's about as good as I can do for a photo.

  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,998 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2, 2022 7:33AM

    Caused by fatigued die is my guess.

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  • yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 4,855 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2, 2022 7:38AM


    It does look fairly promising.
    1913 Type 1, according to the full coin photos on the NGC site.

  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    that is from the neck clash going smack through the motto.

    the corresponding clash on the obv neck is how we get the broken neck varietiy since the mint polished that area heavily being on the obj but not often enough as we can see several letters at the neck on many issues.

    the rev can exhibit polishing through the motto but not nearly as often as on the obv.

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  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,494 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @LanceNewmanOCC said:
    that is from the neck clash going smack through the motto.

    the corresponding clash on the obv neck is how we get the broken neck varietiy since the mint polished that area heavily being on the obj but not often enough as we can see several letters at the neck on many issues.

    the rev can exhibit polishing through the motto but not nearly as often as on the obv.

    Yep. That's a die clash.

    Pete

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  • jb812jb812 Posts: 4 ✭

    Just one follow-up:

    I'M STILL A MILLIONAIRE, RIGHT? ;)

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