The 5 Mark coin is from Bavaria (german state) KM# 915 27.777g, 0.900 silver, 0.8037 ASW 1908 D, mintage 576,579 F-$14.00 VF-$20.00 EF-$50.00...
weigh it too, a regular nickel should weigh 5 grams
I'll give you $1.00
I don't know the value, but I straightened out the pic. [IMG]
ahhh, looked incuse to me, sometimes it's hard to tell lol
no biggie, our nickels are called nickels cause they're made of copper-nickel lol
can't tell without pictures. It could be a clashed die or a hammer job
From http://www.coinsite.com/content/faq/RacketeerNickel.asp
There is a slim chance it could be copper-nickel, but odds are it's the silver version.
Looks more like a planchet error. If the die was missing a part, that area would be raised.
i bet it's a mid 80s zinc cent
From http://www.mint.ca/store/template/home.jsp
Ok, a quick addup from the 2011 redbook for the silver roosevelts gives me 6,486,968,673. that's 6 and a half trillion dimes and that doesn't...
SP is Specimen Proof. A kind of proof set issued by Canada and other countries.
Since this was posted in 2008, I think the seller made out better than the buyer. using the OPs figures, it works out to $900 an ounce of silver,...
Your local hardware store. Automotive stores usually carry it too. And NEVER use fingernail polish remover. it's not pure
And those are in US dollars
According to my Krause, it can either be silver or copper nickel. Here's the info ... KM# 47 1951(m) Mintage 2,000,000 11.31g, 0.500 silver,...
http://www.coinimaging.com/
$64.48 at current silver spot
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