Double or Triple Struck Buffalo Nickel Error

Hope you had a great trip. I get a lot of fossils and rocks from Morocco.

 

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We did. And I couldn't help but bring back a few rocks and fossils, too.

 

OK! The coin arrived in the mail today, so my whole family jumped in the car, and we went to Harlan Berk to get it looked at. A few guys looked at it, and they were confident about it being real. It is struck at least three times, possibly four. I decided to leave it there so they could send it on to PCGS. I am afraid that my next update will be in a couple of months. It depends on how long it takes them to grade it. The last digit is definitely a "3," so it is either a 1923 or 1913. Under a scope, I am pretty sure it is a 1913 type 2. I'll see what PCGS thinks. They are always showing me fascinating coins, so it was fun to bring something in that got them all excited for a change.

 

Based on the braid, I think your guess is probably right. It’ll be fun to see what PCGS comes back with.

 

Search Heritage archives for "buffalo nickel double struck" and quite a few of them come up. Many of them sold well into 4 figures. Keep us posted and I hope you get a good result. I don't recall ever seeing a counterfeit double struck (or more) rotated in collar on forums, but I've seen some fake off center Morgans.

 

Best wishes on a sweet grade!

 

Thanks! I am hoping for AU. It has enough luster in hand that I think AU55 is a possibility. I look forward to finding out. When I took it to the coin shop, I asked if he thought XF (I like to guess low rather than high). His response was immediately that it was better than that. That adds to my hope.

 

needles and pins

 

So it gets jammed in the dies and keeps getting struck without being ejected?

 

That is my understanding. The coin is normally ejected, but sometimes they get stuck. It seems that often another blank will go in and they get struck together. Occasionally that doesn't happen and the coin is struck twice. Even more rare, the coin will flip over and be struck obverse over reverse. That is something like this newly discovered error steel cent recently posted by @No_Ragrets: Oh. My. Gawd! | Coin Talk
For a coin to be stuck three times is wild. If it is actually struck four times, then I have no idea of the odds.
This is all new to me, so I stand to be corrected. More information is also welcome.

 

The flip-over double struck in collar is one I don't get. How can that happen without help?

I'm curious how you obtained it and whether the seller knew what it was.

 

I know people are going to gasp, but.... I bought it on eBay. It was sold by someone who apparently deals in estates. Here is the sold listing: SUPER RARE USA Double-Sided Strike 3-Legged Buffalo Nickel, Lightly Circulated | eBay

 

I looked at the original listing. Did you actually pay over 1k for this?
At least it came home to the states again. From Canada I see. Also, is there anymore in order to appraise its value? I know, questions, questions.

 

I admit I am taking a bit of a gamble on this. No, I did not pay $1,000. It came out of Canada, so that would be Canadian dollars. In total, I currently have about $750 in it. I am fairly sure that its value is over $2,000. I hope at least that if not more. I can only go off of recently sold similar coins.

Wow. I have never been this transparent with strangers before. From relating my whereabouts to expenses, this thread has more information on it than anything else I have done online (this is the only form of social media I have ever done, i.e. no Facebook, myspace, twitter, etc.). Y'all are soon going to know more about me than people at my church. Lol

 

In case you also wondered, I did make sure my wife was 100% with me on buying it before hitting that buy-it-now button. Her exact words were, "Well, you haven't bankrupted us yet."

 

@JoshuaP Please keep us posted on this coin. I’d really like to know the grade it receives from PCGS.

 

As for the flip over, the only thing I can think of is the coin is being ejected, it doesn't get out and it flips over and is struck again.
Yes it is 1 in a billion. So you are saying there is a chance?