1947-D Jefferson Nickel NGC MS65 5FS (Something Wrong!!!)

Can anyone guess what is wrong with this 1947-D NGC MS65 5FS Jefferson Nickel?







Please submit your guesses in the comments, and have fun with this one!

 

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I see it! But I'll let others have a chance to spot it.

 

the hard hit above the C in Monticello?

 

I will say this, that is the beginning of the journey, not the end.

 

As pretty as it is, the hard hit is such that I could not call it 5FS.

 

Every step is broken by the contact mark/hit. Not even a 1FS.

 

Agree, sadly.

 

Besides the steps being broken, there is something wrong with the holder...

 

Now that you mention it, the reverse edge looks like what happens when I crack out a coin for my albums.

Could this be a crackout, then substitute an inferior coin, put the holder back together, and send the original back to get an additional MS65 5FS? Then you would have two coins at that grade instead of just one.

That would be an interesting scam that I would never think of. Except I guess I just did think of it.

 

It would not make sense to do that since the coin in this grade is barely worth the cost of grading (it's probably a $30 coin). And if you step one grade up, it still isn't an expensive coin (an MS 66 5FS sold on ebay for $75 earlier this month).

 

That is the only thing that I saw...so will be following along for the answer.

 

Yes, indeedy!…I think we have a case of the ol’ switcheroo here!

 

…except that people do stuff like this just to see if they can…it doesn’t matter if the coin is more or less valuable.

 

…except that people do stuff like this just to see if they can…it doesn’t matter if the coin is more or less valuable.

 

I do now see that the edges of the slab look damaged but I still don't see why someone would switch a coin like this.

 

…I only hit post once but 4 iterations showed up.

 

I guess it's possible. I could see a cheap slab passing by because it does not make much sense to check but if it was an expensive coin, people might be more skeptical.

Another possibility is that someone dropped the holder, it cracked, and they just glued it together instead of spending the money to have it reholdered.

 

I only see two iterations; it happens sometimes. You can go and edit the second post to say accidental duplicate if you want.

 

Good catch. The NGC photos aren't great (https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6528633-028/65/) but it doesn't appear to be the same coin - nick in the jaw on the NGC one for example. The question is, why bother. Maybe it was practice for a more valuable swap. I wonder if it was the guy who was busted for doing it - https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/11312/coin-tampering-case/.

 

Check out the prongs.

 

HuH? Did you say prawns? Oh crap, I thought this was the Foodies forum.
LOL. What about those prongs? Not supposed to hold the coin like that?