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I swear its a 1877 Shield nickel.
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I really think it might be..... the date looks good, the 5 looks good, right design.
This was in a group of tokens I got in and it made me laugh so figured I would share.
Dont know why it was done but its funny, I think at least.
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I like the use of the oldtimey ‘5’ punch
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Isn't this sort of a poor man's Racketeer Nickel?
Its something that's for sure. Maybe a "rackatwo" nickel?
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COOL! An impaired proof that looks terrific!
If a picture wasn't going very well I'd put a puppy dog in it, always a mongrel, you know, never one of the full bred puppies. And then I'd put a bandage on its foot... I liked it when I did it, but now I'm sick of it.
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Looks like a great candidate for an EBay auction.
An interesting item. Seems it would have been cheaper and easier to alter a Shield nickel instead.
Wonder if someone drilled out the hole in an album to make the larger 2c piece fill the hole.
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Depending on when it was done, it may have actually been 3 cents cheaper to use the two cent.