Why would anyone fake a 1936 Buffalo Nickel?
Windycity
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Here are images of what has to be a fake Buffalo - thin planchet, only 3.9 grams, and very grainy. Just don't know why anyone would go through the effort to create such a fake. Any thoughts?
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If this was a contemporary counterfeit, as I would presume it was, there was actually a small profit that could be made (Henning 'Jeffersons'). It was not much . . . I seem to remember maybe 1c. or so from every counterfeit made, but in those days, a cent could actually buy something. Make enough of them and wow . . . you might get 3 or 4 dollars !!!!!
Honest . . . people could get a slight profit.
Drunner
Looks like acid-treated coin.
my assumption is the coin is genuine and has been in acid like muratic or a similar type.
Genuine corroded coin.
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