Yep, it's a woody, as we call them up here.
It looks like it took a trip through a snowblower. Keep it as an odity.
Too much wear for a 35-40. The Obverse worn much more than your thought and don't think that it would make 20, but if you like it, no problem....
Yep, it spent some time on a gravel road.
I got to May 11, 2025.
I thought that there might have been acid or some other nasty involved and a pliers or something holding it.
Even if turns out to be a real coin, it is no where near XF. It would be lucky to get an F-15.
The "back-up" was always in my grandfathers house/farm in the outhouse as well, Sears but sometimes Monkey Wards. They didn't get indoor plumbing...
The Indian's chin? Look at the overlay above.
OK, here's another try to post a pic of early Sears 1900's library table, in Arts and Crafts oak, that I use as my coin desk:
My comments here apply to the ORIGINAL poster with a nickel that has a die crack on the Obverse, not about the lamination nickel. Die cracks...
[IMG] Sears made the best, strongest, longest-lasting hand tools. When they closed and someone else took up the Craftsman brand, things went...
Both Bob sap and Heavymetal have separate photos/items in the thread. The first nickel is a die crack. The large photo is a lamination. Please...
It's a die crack and not scarce, but keep it a a nice anomaly
Slightly off-center strike, but probably within tolerance.
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