Error value question. Triple strike, photos now added

mrpaseo

1976-D triple strike nickle, double date (Full), Found in mint bag, placed in a plastic sleve and carried in a wallet.

Someone walked up to me and pulled this from his wallet. Told me someone offered him 200 for it, I was wondering what the value actually is.


Here is the second strike with the full date


Here is the third strike, of which may be a smash from the second hit... But I think it is a third strike.

Thanks in advance,
Ray

LALASD4

Got a picture?

mrpaseo

Not at pressent but I did tell him I wanted to photo it.

Ray

carl

Lots depends on who walked up to you with the coin. Just walked up and showed you a coin? This all sounds like the old Maxwell street stuff in Chicago in the old days. People would walk upu to anyone selling anything. sometimes you would end up buying your own hub caps or your car that was parked in the wrong place to long. Was that someone you know? Is it for sale? Was there an offer for you to buy? Beware Greeks bearing gifts someone once said and Troy fell.

mrpaseo

Actually I was telling a story about this coin forum and I mentioned I was a coin collector, he said, Ya? Check this out. I found out he is a collector too. I havn't had much time to sit down and talk with him but I believe he mentioned his father was into coins as well, maybe a seller, maybe just a collector.

JRocco

Did it look like a true doubled-or in this case tripled die and not just strike doubling(tripling)?

mrpaseo

<< <i>Did it look like a true doubled-or in this case tripled die and not just strike doubling(tripling)? >>



Oh no, there was a second hit low and tot he right I believe, it looked like the metal was smeared off into another coin, the date was an entirely different date. The third hit was just s smidge but was still a hit.

I'll try to get a picture this week.

let me see if I can find something like it, I think LALASD4 has one like it.

Ray

mrpaseo

The second it looked like this:



But the date was full on the pulled out piece and the date wasfull on the regular coin.

mrpaseo

the third hit was a small one like this:

lordmarcovan

Must've been struck with some sort of Red-X marking tool...

jonathanb

Based on the follow-up descriptions, my guess is that this is a real triple strike. $200 seems a little optimistic, but not completely absurd. It's surely worth at least $50 (if real).

jonathan

Rampage

Two full dates visible, and a 95% (about?) off center third strike? If this is correct, then the $50.00 aforementioned is way too low.

Now, if I understand correctly, you said that there were two different dates on the coin?

If this is all correct, AND THE COIN IS AUTHENTIC, then you are looking at a coin worth well more than $200.00. If indeed a two different date coin, I would suggest arouind $1,000.00. Plus or minus a couple of hundred, of course.

The key to this whole thing is whether or not the coin is genuine.

mrpaseo

No the dates are the same dat, just in two different locations.

I'm determined to get a pic this week

I'll show you all asap

Thanks for the input,
Ray

mrpaseo

Alright, I got the pics I'll load them on tonight, turns out it's a 1976-D.

OK, before you all complain about the quality of the pics, I did not have the Macro lens but you should get the jist....

See you tonight,
Ray

mrpaseo

Photos added in first post

Ray

mrpaseo

Anyone?