Counterfeit nickel 3 cents rare date on eBay - BEWARE

coindeuce

Unless you need a cheap replica to fill that hole. https://ebay.com/itm/1885-3-Three-Cent-Nickel-Rare-Coin-Key-Date-Nice-No-Reserve-Auction-/232533570772?

Treashunt

ugh, 10 dumb bidders?

Or folks who want it for free?

ldhair

Looks like the seller is more into jewelry. He may not know the coin is a fake.

BillJones

It looks like something the Chinese might have cooked up this thing. It looks like they have had the same strike issues that the Philadelphia Mint had when they started striking these coins, which were made of "the devil's copper."

The mint employees called nickel "the devil's copper" because it was so hard to strike it. The metal ate up dies at an alarming rate.

ricko

The listing is gone now.... did not get to 'see' the coin....Looks like it was pulled, so no one got hurt anyway. Cheers, RickO

thebeav

The obverse lettering looked like it was done with one of those kindergarten 'fat' pencils.....

dpoole

The thing looked really mushy. A bad counterfeit.

BillJones

@ricko said:
The listing is gone now.... did not get to 'see' the coin....Looks like it was pulled, so no one got hurt anyway. Cheers, RickO

I won't want you to miss out, although the "opportunity" to own an example of this key date coin has been denied to you and 10 bidders who were out to snag it.

This is the newest edition to my ever growing virtual "black cabinet." I do have some counterfeits, but almost all of them were given to me to take to presentations at clubs.

ricko

@BillJones..... Thanks Bill.... and a good candidate it is for your 'black' cabinet......I have a couple of counterfeits that I knowingly purchased when the chance arose.... antique shop finds, cheap. Cheers, RickO