Very Tough Quiz (with a twist?)

1950-D 5c is a key date and many were saved in MS condition. I'm posting the date on three coins. Apparently, some counterfeits have been deported. I'm waiting to see one. Memorize the shape of the dates to stay safe. Then, if you wish, take the poll.

A.




B.



C.

 

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A is fake.
My magic 8 ball told me.

 

Mint errors?

 

If any of them are fake I would say A as well. The base of the date digits where they meet the field is very rounded like it could have been struck from a spark erosion die.

 

One is fake

 

Which one?

 

B and C are fake.

 

I think A, B and C are fake and voted so.
On A and B, the tip of the 9s does not extend far enough below the 1s.
On A, B and C, the top of the 5 is not far enough below the top of the 9.

I know next to nothing about Jefferson's so I think I'm gonna go to school.

 

Okay, why is A fake?
I have a magic ball also. In my head. It says " Dinner!!!"

 

Odd, I thought A was the least Fake coin.
So B, C.
Fake a nickel is way down on one's luck!

 

Spark erosion Die you say. I actually had to look that up.
In the spark-erosion process, a model coin (usually genuine) is submersed in an electrolytic bath where the coin faces the counterfeiter's die steel. An electrical current is charged through the coin so that a spark jumps across the shortest gap between the coin and the die, thus etching the coin's design onto the steel die.

 

...and then there's Henning.

 

A, it just looks a little different than the other two coins.

 

I also thought all the dates were a little mushy. Here's a blowup of the date on a MS-67 taken from PCGS Coin Facts. This looks sharper than the OP's coins.

 

All genuine, just different die states and dies.

That's right one way trip, no body bag, no slab. Your outta here!

 

I never knew it as "spark erosion" until recent years on the coin collecting discussion forums. When I was associated with the tool and die trade years ago I knew it as EDM - electrical discharge machining.

 

Are these cast pimples on C?

 

No. Deceptive, state-of -the-art counterfeits have not been made by casting for over half a Century!

 

You sure?because I'm pretty sure henning nickels were made just a little before that date or are they a different type of counterfeiting process.

 

AFAIK, Henning Nickels were die struck. They were deceptive when they were made.