This has me Buffalod

[Patrol]

This has me Buffalo'd

My wife found this on the beach. It's the same size as a Buffalo Nickle but a little thinner. The reverse is flat. I am not thinking 'Love Coin' because I am not so sure the face is right. Any ideas?

TE

 

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[QUICKSILVER (appletree)]

Re: This has me Buffalo'd

Looks like a one sided copy!

 

[lonesomebob]

Re: This has me Buffalo'd

nickle

 

[relichunters]

Re: This has me Buffalo'd

If it was made only on one side, then its worth quite a bit of money. They pay tons for mistakes. That could be why they made a necklace of it.

 

[irbaddadjoe]

Re: This has me Buffalo'd

You say its a little thinner. Does the reverse side look like its been ground down?

 

[flyinguy]

Re: This has me Buffalo'd

looks like a ground off nickel. it was probably ground so they could write on it. can you make out anything? i can't.

 

[Felinepeachy]

Re: This has me Buffalo'd

Compared to a real Buffalo Nickle, that looks fake. Nothing is right. Very interesting find though.

 

[rferris75]

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It is not an error coin. Those were popular necklaces when I was in school the back gets ground off and a hole drilled through them. You can still find these necklaces at flea markets all over.

 

[madmacabre]

Re: This has me Buffalo'd

this is deff a copy , not an error coin .Might of been made in a metal shop at a schoo.cool find though.

 

[hollowpointred]

Re: This has me Buffalo'd

in not so sure its a copy. it could look that way from rolling around in the sand for years. whatever it turns out to be its a cool find.

 

[littleneckhalfshell]

Re: This has me Buffalo'd

the picture looks like the metal it is made from is a copper alloy, is it copper? or is it nickel?
My guess, especially if it is just a hair smaller than a nickel, would be that a person used a nickel to make a one sided mold and then melted and pressed a copper penny into it.

Just a guess, but anyone with a torch and a block of clay could do it, just the kind of thing a guy in a shop class might attempt. But that depends on if it is copper or not.

 

[bradyboy]

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off a charm bracelet?

 

[Rob66]

Re: This has me Buffalo'd

looks like an error coin filled die and blank obverse.

 

[Patrol]

Re: This has me Buffalo'd

Thank you for all the replies.

First of all after some review I can answer some of your questions.

The back does not look ground off. In fact it looks cast.

The metal seems to be a copper alloy and the face appears cast in rather than made from a die.

After reading your post and looking at it more closely, I believe it is a cast copy to be used as jewerly or as a charm.

Thanks again for your input.

TE