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Message:: [QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 1373587, member: 15929"]I happen to think that your assessment is absolutely correct. Casting lines are the result of two molds coming together and for that line on the edge to be a casting line, there would be lines across the obverse and reverse faces of the coin in addition to a matching line on the edge at 180 degrees. Creating a mold requires impressing an authentic nickel into molding material and removing the nickel from that material. You can impress half a nickel into the molding material, but you'll never get it out without damaging the mold. I'll go so far as to say that it would be physically impossible for that line on the edge to be a "casting line". While the OP would certainly love to believe that this is a counterfeit nickel, all the evidence presented so far makes that determination very unplausible if not physically impossible. The expense required to produce such a piece would far outweigh any benefit both from a materials and from a labor standpoint. The art of counterfeiting coins has graduated NOT on the casting fronts but in the die making process where an actual metal press is used. Take a look at Daniel Carr's replica pieces. The counterfeiters art can best be viewed with his coins. He takes a real coin and creates a die pair from that coin. However, even though the quality is superb, the end product is an obvious "replica" or "fake".[/QUOTE]