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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DippityDoo, post: 2266371, member: 75707&quot;]I bought this &quot;1879 three cent nickel&quot; online.&nbsp; Once in hand, I&#039;ve decided it&#039;s fake.&nbsp; Did I make the right call?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Reasons:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Tone and surface appearance.</p><p>2) Little to no lines in the roman &quot;III&quot; but nearly no wear in the wreath upper right.</p><p>3) Fat looking date</p><p>4) High detail on obverse hair at bottom, little to no detail and weak &quot;Liberty&quot; at top.</p><p>5) Odd &quot;stripe&quot; - looks like artifact of some sort of fakery? - on coin edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are photos beside the best unslabbed 1879 I have at the moment, then of the apparent fake itself.&nbsp; Thoughts?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]450867[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]450868[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]450869[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]450870[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]450871[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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