I have a question about this nickel, my first thought was that it is fake, but I thought better of it. Who would fake a 15-20$ coin. This coin has a silhouette of the head on the reverse. If you look at the picture it is located on the left of the first I. After I noticed it, i looked through some pictures of the coin on ebay and found it in a lot of the pictures located there. Is this an error, or no? Or could it still possibly be a fake. These pictures were scanned at 500dpi.
it looks like it's a die clash. at least, that's my guess. someone with more experience than me at these things should be along soon and help.
Thanks for your reply after your assessment, I was able to do some research and found that die clashing was very common in the early 3 cent pieces. My hopes of having something worth more than I originally thought has turned out to be wishful thinking. Thanks again.
Yep that's what it was and it's on alot of those. They are really cool and some examples the clash is very noticlbe!
