1868 shield nickel i need a little help with this one

indianabyron

Ok first off I dont own this one its my friend. He wanted me to put into a 2x2 snap holder no problem there. I got it home and took my loop to it because I wasent all that thrilled with porisity of it. Well when I looked at it all I could think of was 4 different things that could be up with this coin. Now I didnt tell any of them to my friend. But here is what I thought.

1. that this is just the way its supposed to look?
2. Sand cast counterfeit?
3. spark-erosion counterfeit?
4. buried in the ground and cleaned.

Now mind you I took some acetone to it to remove some black stuff (kinda looked like shoe polish). When I was done with the acetone then it looked like it could just be that way because of such a poor strike but since i dont have any shield nickels i cant say for sure. so Ok take a look at the pics and tell me what is up with this..

Bill my friend paid 15$ for it so any ways it isnt like he paid 500$ it

Ok I know wizzing will be brought up but I really dont think its wizzed. I actually own 4 wizzed coins I bought them on purpose so I would know what a wizzed coin looks like. As I was looking through some of my books at counterfeits . There is a picture of where the die is worn down it can kinda has the same look.





Byron

kryptonitecomics

I don't think it's a fake. It looks whizzed to me. It could have been soaked in a chemical to clean the coin, and the chemical removed some of the coins surface. It certainly has problems, but for $15 bucks, a cheap learning experience. burried.....maybe???

Placid

Corroded.

bigtonydallas

I agree that it looks like corrosion!

FC57Coins

I've seen old nickels in that state - I agree with corrosion.

Frank

Conder101

I used to know a man who used to run his coins briefly through a rock tumbler to "clean" them. They would come out looking exactly like that.

DIMEMAN

Man that rock tumbler story put a chill up my spine. That guy should be arrested.

Cam40

Braddick,Your under arrest.Citizens arrest.Come with me quietly now.....

The coin looks PVC-damaged (pitted).I see tons of these pitted coins.Mostly IHCs,early nickels,and Large cents.
Sad thing is,with alot of these coins,you can tell the coin was in excellent condition before the PVC oozed
its toxins and ate into the coin.You can see great detail despite the porosity alot of times.

dorkkarl

definitely corroded. HOWEVER, i would gladly pay top-dollar for a CONTEMPORARY counterfeit shield nickel.

K S

nwcs

What are the odds of a rusted die?

JD

Salt water damage is my quess.