Error coin One Dime 19** (1900-1916) on nail (spike)

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dodeqpl
dodeqpl Posts: 5 ✭
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Hello,
I'm from Poland. I have a coin. One Dime 19**. What do you think about it?
Regards
dodeqpl

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  • dodeqpl
    dodeqpl Posts: 5 ✭
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  • FredWeinberg
    FredWeinberg Posts: 6,040 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Fake Nail -

    They started coming out of China in less than
    45 days of the first one sold at the FUN
    Heritage auction about 3 years ago.

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
  • Regulated
    Regulated Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Jinx.


    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
  • dodeqpl
    dodeqpl Posts: 5 ✭
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    thank you :)

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,872 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    If you search closely you might find a "Made in China" marking. :p

    As others have said, it is not real but it is still an interesting novelty (but I am not encouraging the counterfeiters to make more!).

  • ctf_error_coins
    ctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Fake

  • Timbuk3
    Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Interesting !!! :)

    Timbuk3
  • Insider2
    Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Wonderful. It would be interesting to test the composition of any coin struck on a nail to see if we could determine what company manufactured the nail. :)

  • Namvet69
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    And this gimmick nail was done for what purpose? Peace Roy

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  • Insider2
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    @Namvet69 said:
    And this gimmick nail was done for what purpose? Peace Roy

    Take a wild guess. I'll go first, perhaps a "rare and unusual" Mint error. I want one!

  • JBK
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    I'm not a nail expert, but that looks like a modern nail. I know that 100 years ago nails were already being machine made, but that thing looks like something you could buy at Home Depot today.

    Also, if that was supposedly struck in the collar, wouldn't it be more bent?

  • Insider2
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    In order to be a good counterfeiter, You need to know what you are doing. There are plenty of 19th and 20th Century structures where an old nail could be procured. The coin press is the "killer."

  • CaptHenway
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    @JBK said:
    I'm not a nail expert, but that looks like a modern nail. I know that 100 years ago nails were already being machine made, but that thing looks like something you could buy at Home Depot today.

    Also, if that was supposedly struck in the collar, wouldn't it be more bent?

    Collars are typically mounted on springs which allow some give during error strikes to minimize damage to the machinery. A nail across the collar would push it down to the level of the anvil die, more or less.

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  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,872 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @CaptHenway said:

    @JBK said:
    I'm not a nail expert, but that looks like a modern nail. I know that 100 years ago nails were already being machine made, but that thing looks like something you could buy at Home Depot today.

    Also, if that was supposedly struck in the collar, wouldn't it be more bent?

    Collars are typically mounted on springs which allow some give during error strikes to minimize damage to the machinery. A nail across the collar would push it down to the level of the anvil die, more or less.

    Thx. I always wondered about that.

  • StrikeOutXXX
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    Right after the real one’s story broke, these started popping up at aliexpress. Didn’t find that exact one in this lot, but scroll down, they offer many types.

    https://es.aliexpress.com/item/United-States-Of-America-Error-Coin-Of-The-A-Nail-Good-Creative-High-Quailty/32615826462.html

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  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @dodeqpl....Welcome aboard.....China special... Probably a fake dime and not a period nail... double fake.... ;) Cheers, RickO

  • CommemKing
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    At least they got the strike perfectly in the center of the nail.

  • Treashunt
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    @FredWeinberg said:
    Fake Nail -

    They started coming out of China in less than
    45 days of the first one sold at the FUN
    Heritage auction about 3 years ago.

    The coin is genuine, but the nail is fake?

    :)

    Frank

    BHNC #203

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