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Buffalo Nickel Errors - List Needed

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 Posted 05/26/2013  9:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add amida17 to your friends list
This site seems to have a bunch of info. about Buffalo varieties , assuming that is what you meant and not errors.

http://coins.coolkarma.com/
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 Posted 05/26/2013  10:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add solotime to your friends list
I did means those also. Thanks!

But I just don't get what the two feather thing is...

@Tetromibi, Nope, I didn't.
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 Posted 05/27/2013  12:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ExoGuy to your friends list

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But I just don't get what the two feather thing is...


Four legs minus one leg equals a three leg error ....

Three feathers minus one feather equals a two feather error ....

There are a number of dates with the two-feather error in the Buffalo series.

Also to be found are are many Buffalo dates that have rotated dies in varying degrees of rotation. Then too, lamination errors in the Buffalo series are relatively common; particularly so, on various S-mint dates.

The RedBook now lists the 1914/3 overdates.

I seem to recall that the early, Spadone books may have listed series errors by date. Anyone have one of those handy? Mine is buried somewhere!
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05/27/2013 12:46 am
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 Posted 05/27/2013  04:15 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ThisIsFun to your friends list
You can access the entire book "A Complete Guide to Buffalo nickels" online at the David Lawrence website.

I have the Cherrypicker's guide but found the above book to be more complete and it often had better pictures (I have the ebook version of CP).

Here is the page I have bookmarked from CGBN: http://blog.davidlawrence.com/index...ate-by-date/

This is the go-to page if you want to check for varieties by date.

When you're on that site you'll see a list of content of other free reference books-- Merc Dime, various Barbers, etc. A very good site!
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 Posted 05/27/2013  04:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ThisIsFun to your friends list
And if you are interested in identifying dateless buffs without resorting to acid, you can ID the following dates by examining the hair ribbons:

1920
1921
1924
1925

Links with pictures/explanations:

https://goccf.com/t/96532#1246050
https://goccf.com/t/139136
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 Posted 05/27/2013  04:31 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Conder101 to your friends list
You've also missed the 1916 doubled die.
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 Posted 05/27/2013  6:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add solotime to your friends list
Thanks very much for the information everyone!
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 Posted 05/28/2013  11:38 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coinzip to your friends list
I think you are looking for varieties not errors.
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 Posted 05/28/2013  12:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add solotime to your friends list
@coinzip, I called them errors because they not normal.
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 Posted 05/28/2013  12:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oih82w8 to your friends list
I like the 1938-D/S variety. There were no Buffalo nickels made at San Francisco in 1938, but there were reverse dies made, which were sent to Denver, the "D" mintmark was set over the existing "S" mintamrk which created a couple different D/S varieties.
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 Posted 05/28/2013  4:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ExoGuy to your friends list
The 1936 S/S error is fairly strong and exists in a goodly quantity.


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I think you are looking for varieties not errors.


To my understanding, the overdates and over-mintmarks are errors as opposed to varieties. These were unintended strikes. The 1913 varieties were intentional alterations of the design.
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 Posted 05/28/2013  5:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jarubla to your friends list
"Also to be found are are many Buffalo dates that have rotated dies in varying degrees of rotation."

ExoGuy, can you explain? I was thinking that most of the Buffs had a bit of rotation on the flip. Is that not the case? I have a Buff with the reverse slightly rotated to the left.

Wondering if someone is out mapping varieties (like the VAM folk for Morgans) for the buff nicks?

Apologies on the threadjack, solotime

-Jay
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 Posted 05/28/2013  5:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ExoGuy to your friends list
Hi Jarubla .... I was referring to various dates that I've seen with significant rotation; say, 30 degrees or more. Offhand, I've seen multiple examples of 1913 V-1's, 1914's, 1924-D's to name some ... mostly pre-1927.
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 Posted 05/28/2013  5:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jarubla to your friends list
Thanks ExoGuy
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 Posted 05/28/2013  6:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add amida17 to your friends list
In regard to the difference between errors, varieties and types.

Coppercoins explaination states it very well.

http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...ety,or,error
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