reverse of a 1901 nickle ???

[mspsarge]

This was an unusual find. It is the reverse of an early nickle. I posted it next to another legitimate nickle I found. I don't know if it was used to counterfeit coins or what. Just a strange find. The back side is flat with no markings

Greg

 

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[Dihren]

This was an unusual find. It is the reverse of an early nickle. I posted it next to another legitimate nickle I found. I don't know if it was used to counterfeit coins or what. Just a strange find. The back side is flat with no markings

Greg

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Wow. I wonder if you have something there.....

 

[skeeterd]

What do ya think it's made from?

 

[mspsarge]

skeeterd,

... I couldn't tell you but it didn't appear heavy/thick enough to take too many blows with a hammer. I ended up sending to another collector so I no longer have in my possession. I kept record of it since I had never seen anything like it before. I still don't know what it was used for. If it was a dye for stamping bogus nickles, I would have thought it would have been thicker and of a much harder metal. To this day I haven't a clue what its purpose was.

Greg

 

[Wildcat1750]

Very interesting! Maybe someone here will have a clue about it.

 

[mspsarge]

I thought one time maybe it was a mold for candy ?

 

[dejapooh]

It looks like a pressed coin to me. Someone put the coin into a press with a 1901 nickle on the back and pressed the 1901 design into the back of the 1895 coin. I think it is nothing... Sorry.

 

[mspsarge]

The 1895 coin was pictured just for similarity. The back side of the reverse coin is just nondescript flat metal. The reverse is about the same thickness as a legitimate nickle. Still a mystery to me.

Greg