James_OldeTowne

My initial guess was MS-61, but for prooflike coins, it isn't uncommon to see them graded (seemingly) a point higher than one might expect.  I've always surmised that the reflectivity tends to unfairly emphasize the appearance of disturbances.

The OP appears to depict a fake.

9 hours ago, Conder101 said:

The problem is today anytime someone mentions cleaning with baking soda, everyone assumes they mean using that paste.  Dipping a coin is water that has had backing soda COMPLETELY dissolved in it, probably won't hurt it.  As long as it gets a VERY thorough rinsing to remove every trace of that dissolved baking soda before it is allowed to dry.

And yes it can be used to neutralize an acid dip.  But then you still have to get all the baking soda off.

I agree, but when the nomenclature specifically mentions a "paste", then the consistency isn't likely to be beneficial even as a "dip".

I see only a normal nickel that has suffered minor loss of mass due to circulation.

As stated, that amount of die rotation isn't anything unusual.

Fake.

This is actually pretty cool - akin to collecting Walkers with no monogram.  Nice post!

I have little issue with a coin that would benefit from restoration being "restored".  For example, I owned a Pine Tree shilling partially cut in half, and had someone decided to expertly bond the two pieces back together for the integrity (so it wouldn't break all the way), that's fine with me.

"Cleaning" is a matter of degree.

The horrible "baking soda paste" advice was doled out decades ago in well-read book(s), and that dreadful problem continues to haunt us today.

I guess it's more like a "replica"....  It most definitely is not a restrike, though.

Yep, my fakes look pretty much exactly like that fake.

Classic doubling NOT of the doubled-die sort!

It's just a normal, ordinary quarter worth 25-cents.

The photos are too low of resolution.  I would not make ANY assumptions off of those.

It's just a normal, ordinary dime with damage, unfortunately.

It's just a normal, ordinary cent.

Definitely appears to be counterfeit.

Another vote for PMD.

It's an ordinary 1909 VDB cent with no special characteristics at all.

Another vote here for "counterfeit", and a common one at that.

There is at least one DDO for 1972-S, but it isn't nearly as handsome as for the 1972 Philly.

There must have been untold millions of these mini-coins made in the 70s and 80s as souvenirs.

Looks like die-polish lines to me.

It like grades something like MS-63 with no special features visible in the provided photos.

The OP item appears to be a game token to me, one of any millions of different ones out there, and made of common (NOT gold) metal.