If you're being serious, there are only 5 (or 6?) known. It's most likely a fake, or you're trying to pull our leg like that other guy who claimed to have a 1965 silver quarter but never posted a picture of it
haha no leg pulling here, i just found a box full of old coins in my attic, it looks legitemate but im no expert, how could i find out if its real?
Only 5 specimens of this nickel are known to exist, and the last auction listed in Redbook was March 8, 2009 in a Superior Auction, and it sold for $1.84 million, and it was a PR-66. Unless you have a photo of your "V back nickel", I doubt very much you possess one.
Give us a close up of the date use an eye loupe and focus the camera through it. I agree most likely an aultered date.
There really is no need for authentication purposes. The real 1913 Liberty Nickels are all proof coins; this coin is a business strike. Although it would be fun to see how badly this amateur coin doctor mangled this date.
Just take a really good picture thru a magnifying glass of the date. An eye loupe is a really good magnifying glass usually 5 times or 10 times power and very small in the movies you see guys with them up on their eyes. Ice
Like LeHigh stated, the 5 known 1913 V backs are proofs, and your's is a business strike, made for circulation, and is a fake.
To bad you didn't get rich! But still a cool coin to have just mark it in a 2x2 with "altered date" or something like that.
Unfortunately your nickel is worth face value, maybe a premium to someone that collects altered coins. But the initial thrill of seeing such a coin must have been nice. BTW the date is mutilated, poor alteration
