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does this 1912-s nickel look fake

lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭
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  • BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,192 ✭✭✭✭
    No, just looks cleaned and slightly porous. It was probably cleaned after being environmentally damaged.
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  • coinnutcoinnut Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm thinking well scrubbed.
  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭
    here's a side by side

    the date looks funkey...something about the "9" looks off
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  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,011 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The 2 looks more goofy to me than the 9.
    When in doubt, don't.
  • numismanumisma Posts: 3,877 ✭✭✭✭

    Looks fake to me. I don't like how strong the rim and dentilation are, relative to the interior details. Pass on this one.
  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The 9 & 2 just don't look right. Anybody know how many 1912 S obverse dies were used?
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  • MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The 2 looks more goofy to me than the 9. >>




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  • KoveKove Posts: 2,038 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks fake to me. I don't like how strong the rim and dentilation are, relative to the interior details. Pass on this one. >>



    My thoughts exactly. The portrait is G/VG details, while the rim and denticles are XF+. Same on the reverse. The porosity doesn't help, either.
  • segojasegoja Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭✭
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,825 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1912-S nickels are notoriously weak in the central details. This could be genuine, VG, harshly cleaned with tapped rims, but I couldn't be sure without seeing it.

    I looked at some of his other pieces and he seems to have a lot of genuine but problem coins.
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  • IrishMikeyIrishMikey Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭
    I agree with Tom. The reverse appears to be OK, and there is no option with Liberty nickels for an 'S' mint other
    than 1912. Not the nicest coin, however.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well worn, but looks original to me.....Cheers, RickO
  • SamByrdSamByrd Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭✭
    looks very suspect. I would not buy the coin period.
  • luckybucksluckybucks Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭
    Looks genuine to me (based on images of other '12S's).

    I personally would not touch this coin, as it has been harshly cleaned.
  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,071 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not my series.
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
  • DollarAfterDollarDollarAfterDollar Posts: 3,215 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks scrubbed and grainy. Maybe acid cleaned to get that way? I dunno?????
    If you do what you always did, you get what you always got.

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