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Elongated Nickel - Michigan Numismatic Society
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | Elongated oval field featuring a relief of a hand tipping a fedora hat to the left, with a beaded border surrounding the design. To the right, a circular medallion depicts the outline of the state of Michigan with the legend 'MICHIGAN STATE Numismatic Society FOUNDED 1956'. A multi-line legend fills the central field. |
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| Obverse lettering | A TIP OF THE HAT TO OUR DEALERS SPRING 2015 CONVENTION MICHIGAN STATE Numismatic Society FOUNDED 1956 |
| Reverse description | Reverse shows the heavily flattened and distorted remnants of the original Jefferson nickel host coin, with a faint ghost image of Jefferson's portrait visible in low relief amid the stretched and smoothed field typical of elongated coin production. |
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