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would someone conterfiet a 1945 nickel?

goldmine266goldmine266 Posts: 201
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I have a nickel i fould today that is really beat up. The thing wierd about it is that the mint mark on the back is backwards, like flipped the wrong way. I have never seen anything like it and was wondering what the experts here may think about it, thanks for your help
Tom

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image I keep a census on Hawaii Error notes, Radars, Repeaters, Hawaii Stars (all denominations), Low serials, 6 of a kind, 7 of a kind, Canceled notes, AC blocks, ZB blocks, FC blocks, Uncut sheets and Late plates. If you have any information you would like to share please PM me. Thanks.image

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  • RobbRobb Posts: 2,034 ✭
    You certainly have me interested. Scans will help tremendously. It would also be nice to know the dimensions and weight as well.
    imageRIP
  • RobbRobb Posts: 2,034 ✭
    And no, before anyone mentions it, Henning did not make '45s.
    imageRIP
  • GrumpyEdGrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭
    Need to see a pic of the MM to say image
    Ed
  • lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
    If the nickel is real beat up like you say, the mintmark is probably damaged.
    Now, concerning your question,
    would someone conterfiet a 1945 nickel?
    Yes, someone somewhere would.
    As a matter of fact, someone somewhere whould counterfeit dogshet if they could make a buck doing it.

    Ray
  • fcfc Posts: 12,796 ✭✭✭
    pics would be very interesting to see. never heard of such a coin
    with a reverse mint mark.
  • savoyspecialsavoyspecial Posts: 7,322 ✭✭✭✭
    so does it look like d b or a "p" facing westward?

    www.brunkauctions.com

  • goldmine266goldmine266 Posts: 201
    The "D" looks backwards to me. It's easier to see it in hand then the scan.
    image I keep a census on Hawaii Error notes, Radars, Repeaters, Hawaii Stars (all denominations), Low serials, 6 of a kind, 7 of a kind, Canceled notes, AC blocks, ZB blocks, FC blocks, Uncut sheets and Late plates. If you have any information you would like to share please PM me. Thanks.image
  • fcfc Posts: 12,796 ✭✭✭
    i know where the mint mark is supposed to be but the pics just do
    not allow me to make a guess.
  • goldmine266goldmine266 Posts: 201
    The 1945 on the front looks slanted to me to. It is just something I found in the drawer at work.
    image I keep a census on Hawaii Error notes, Radars, Repeaters, Hawaii Stars (all denominations), Low serials, 6 of a kind, 7 of a kind, Canceled notes, AC blocks, ZB blocks, FC blocks, Uncut sheets and Late plates. If you have any information you would like to share please PM me. Thanks.image
  • barbershopperbarbershopper Posts: 1,201
    I can't tell anything about your "coin" but yes, I think it could be a counterfeit.
    I found a counterfeit 1942 dime while looking thru a $500 bag in 1958.
    I didn't know it till I dropped it on the table and it went "thud"!
    I kept it for several years as a novelty but finally lost it.
    JET
    It is health that is real wealth, not pieces of gold and silver. Gandhi.

    I collect all 20th century series except gold including those series that ended there.

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