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  1. #1
    us
    Apr 2010
    SW Arkansas
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    Counterfeit Buffalo Nickel?

    I've had this nickel for several years. I don't know if it a counterfeit or what. It's dated 1920, but the metal isn't right. The dimensions are .814 in. diameter and .051 thick. The 36 buff is .836 in diameter and .069 thick for comparison. I worked at casino in Reno back in the 70s replacing all the old mechanical machines with electronic ones. We took the old machines to a warehouse and cleaned and repaired them for resale. I found this coin in one of the nickel machines and kept it because of the unusual appearance. I just thought you all may have some info or opinions on it. Thanks in advance.
    Gary B
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  2. #2

    Oct 2004
    N. San Diego area (Pic of my two best 'finds')
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    Re: Counterfeit Buffalo Nickel?

    May have been in a fire.

  3. #3
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    MR.

    Feb 2006
    Northern & Southern California (Left Coast)
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    Re: Counterfeit Buffalo Nickel?

    Cannot image anyone forging a buf nickel...

    Must be dumber than an ice cube...

    (Although it's worth 5x more than a copper cent...
    The more one learns the more he understands his ignorance. I am simply an ignor ant man trying to lessen his ignorance
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  4. #4
    us
    Dec 2007
    Chattanooga, TN
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    Re: Counterfeit Buffalo Nickel?

    It may have been in salt water for some time.

  5. #5
    us
    Dec 2004
    South Florida
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    Re: Counterfeit Buffalo Nickel?

    Quote Originally Posted by duggap
    It may have been in salt water for some time.
    saltwater cookie coin

    It resembles these I found on the beach.
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    I live in a state of rules where I am not permitted to live on my own country land because my home is not 130 MPH rated! I can only visit it from time to time and pay the fines.  I feel so safe with Big Government protecting me. In some states its illegal to collect rainwater.

  6. #6
    us
    Apr 2010
    SW Arkansas
    Garrett 2500
    4

    Re: Counterfeit Buffalo Nickel?

    I guess it could be corrosion from salt water. It came out of the bottom of a slot machine that had been in use since the thirties. Apparently it was kicked out by the mechanism. It just kicked it out to the bottom of the machine instead of the coin box. A nickel in the thirties was an hour's pay to a lot of people, when they could get the work. I remember my mother working for 15 cents an hour as a waitress in the sixties. And my grandfather worked as a union construction worker in California in the forties for 15 to 30 cents an hour at one of the better paying jobs in the area around Santa Cruz Co. at the time. I just thought the coin was pretty unusual.
    Thanks for the comments.

  7. #7
    us
    Mar 2010
    Florida
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    Re: Counterfeit Buffalo Nickel?

    Just badly corroded.....I find pennies and dimes in freshwater that are worse than that.

  8. #8
    us
    Oct 2011
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    Metal Detecting

    Re: Counterfeit Buffalo Nickel?

    I took a dozen buffaloes like this out of the ground at the old Roseville Ca. train depot. They all look like this one , I believe it has something to do with the soil composition. Modern clad pennies will have holes burned through them in about a month in the same area

  9. #9
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    Re: Counterfeit Buffalo Nickel?

    i think not

  10. #10
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    Jan 2010
    New Hampshire
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    Re: Counterfeit Buffalo Nickel?

    Not sure about your buff, but I find Memorial cents in saltwater almost paper thin,
    it can dissolve metals pretty quickly
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