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Pillar of the Community
United States
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honestly probably not silver, so many people get their hopes up. But goodluck!
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Canada
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Could it possibly have been struck on a foreign planchet?   Edited by Nathancrh1
11/26/2013 6:39 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Curious.... The portrait's eye looks off...too round. I wonder if and how it got doctored. Is it thicker than normal? |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Buddy, today I will measure this coin every where. And also I'm planning today to do the Sulfur Test. In reality on those years. Many things happen with Buffalos (1937 one buffalo only with three legs).
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 United States
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Faith is a wonderful thing for the health of your heart but not so advantageous with numismatics. I see what looks like a very normal strike for a Buffalo. So, if it's an abnormal planchet, it must be very close to the regular size for a Buffalo. Obviously, a planchet too large wouldn't feed, so it must be no worse than just a little_bit smaller than the Buff norm of 21.2mm. And it must also be silver to meet your needs. No US coin fits that bill. The one which comes closest is the US Twenty Cent Piece of the previous century, and it is both a little larger at 22mm (wouldn't fit into the Nickel collar) and of the same weight at 5g. Therefore, one immediately concludes that a properly-sized silver planchet struck as a Buffalo will be underweight, not overweight. This, of course, negates the need to search for potentially-matching foreign planchets, as any silver planchet which might fit wouldn't weigh enough. I don't know what the specific Weight Tolerance was for Buffalo nickels. Yours is 4% overweight, which seems a bit excessive. My immediate thought is to suspect it's been plated. A definitive test would be X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) testing, which would be able to not only determine if the coin is plated, but also give the thickness of that plating. It might require a little travel on your part, but any large-scale jewelry buyer probably has that technology. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I did with a Micrometer all ready. Higher Spot inside is (.073"). Thickness of the ring itself (.078"). Lower Spot, flat to flat inside (.052"). And the Diameter (.837") remember that. I'm "not yet 100% sure it's silver". May be it's simply a overdosis of copper or nickel. But... it's overweight? Yeeeeeeees It's overweight any way.
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United States
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I did not think of it being plated but I do know that a lot of buffs get used for jewelry,belt buckles and the like so plating is a possibility. John1  |
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Bulgaria
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The rim of the silver coin will leave a thick black line on a white sheet of printer paper (placed on a table / desk) in pressure. Make a line by pressing well the coin.
If copper-nickel, can not leave such a line.
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Valued Member
United States
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With my Christmas bonus check. Maybe I'll send this Buffalo nickel; and my 1971 Eisenhower dollar wish also was supposed to be 22.68 Grms. and actually is 23.42 Both to a X-Ray Flurescense test. Hope it's no to spencer. Thank everybody for your opinion. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Most sure I'll order a X-Ray Flurescense Test; This Buffalo nickel, with my 1971 Eisenhower dollar. Supposed to be 22.60 Grms and actually 23.42 Grms. May be both have the same reason of overweight. |
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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As I mentioned on another forum the weight is just slightly (.03 grams) out of tolerance. I'd run a specific gravity test on it before I spent the money sending it to the TPG. The tissue test has be suggested but we have not heard the results of that yet. |
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Valued Member
United States
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CONDEN101. I DID THE tissue test. ALL READY (WHITE PAPER). The result is... "NOT SILVER" So the Buffalo nickel is "Nickel" Can have extra value any way. Only because it's overweight? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Being that small an amount out of tolerance, probably not. And no need to shout, possibly you mentioned the result of the tissue test on the other forum, there was no mention of the results in this thread until your last post. |
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United States
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Conder 101. Do you know the exact amount of OFFICIAL tolerance on weight, in this Buffalo nickel? O in all coins is the same +/- 4%? |
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Posted 11/26/2013 6:36 pm
