HELP! 2008 Nickel error!

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Swhebb
Swhebb Posts: 2 ✭
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What do you all think of this crazy error? On the reverse you can see a profile of Washington and part of the spelling of LIBERTY. The obverse has what might be the reverse of a Washington quarter???


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  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,860 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 22, 2024 4:00PM
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    Not an error. Typically called a "vise job" but based on your coin's appearance I'd say it was set down on cement and a quarter placed on top and then whacked with a hammer.

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,046 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 22, 2024 5:55PM
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    Not an error. Looks like a vise job which is why the obverse is damaged. In a real overstrike, the Liberty would not be reversed.

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  • OAKSTAR
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    I see George Washington right here.

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  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,046 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @OAKSTAR said:
    I see George Washington right here.

    And he sees you

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  • coinbuf
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    @OAKSTAR said:
    I see George Washington right here.

    And the profile is backwards which means what....you guessed it vise job. Which is not the same as the "vice" mentioned upstream which means "moral depravity or corruption".

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  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,860 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 22, 2024 4:21PM
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    @coinbuf said:

    @OAKSTAR said:
    I see George Washington right here.

    And the profile is backwards which means what....you guessed it vise job. Which is not the same as the "vice" mentioned upstream which means "moral depravity or corruption".

    It's numismatic depravity. :p

  • calgolddiver
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    man made ... not a real error

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  • Steven59
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    As stated - "Vice Job" but looks like a hammer was involved.

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  • Steven59
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    @OAKSTAR said:
    I see George Washington right here.

    I see the "Crazy Horse" monument - :D

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  • IkesT
    IkesT Posts: 4,600 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 22, 2024 4:38PM
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  • golden
    golden Posts: 10,535 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Barely worth 5 cents.

  • Creg
    Creg Posts: 1,736 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Perp used the incuse text on the outside of an ATB quarter to make a raised text—heating it first?

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