Check out the obverse of this Jefferson nickel- THIS is an abraded die!
cmerlo1
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This was in one of the double-row boxes of 'errors' I bought at the Houston show last weekend. The boxes have given up some neat coins, such as the contemporary counterfeit 1849 gold $ and a Henning nickel. I thought I'd share this one, because after looking at dozens of 1960 'Bar 0' nickels and 'cracked skull' 1950's Lincoln cents, this one really jumped out at me.
The obverse die was polished down so much that The bridge of Jefferson's nose, his inner eye socket, neck, and most of his pony tail are gone!
Post some other abraded die coins if you have any!
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There are some incredible examples of abraded dies out there. I like your Jeff.
Here is some strong abrasion that gave Lincoln some fangs. This is a 1990 P by the way.
Over polished, yikes.
I'd like to see that Henning.
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Here you go!
Sweet! Very nice! You going to have it slabbed?
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I don't think I can. I know ANACS won't for sure. Regardless of how collectible it is, it's still a counterfeit.
You might try this:
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