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Good work, nice finds!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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The acid dated coins are a great way to fill albums until you find suitable replacements in higher quality.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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The acid dated coins are a great way to fill albums until you find suitable replacements in higher quality I agree! That is what I did when I started my Buffalo set, but I didn't scar my own coins; I got mine by buying someone else's acid nickels. In total I acquired around ten acid Buffalo's, but their 'look' got the best of me and now I'm replacing them with 'clean' nickels. I've got five more acid nickels to replace. Four of them are the 1914 & 1915 D's and S's, which I spent a total of $47 for years ago. Now it will cost me around $400 (my aim) to upgrade those four coins. Although I initially appreciated getting acid cleaned Buffalo nickels to fill my holes, I might have been better off just paying more in the first place for coins I would like 'forever'. deathwaterkeg2, at least you didn't spend a boat-load of cash to get your first hole-fillers! |
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You also gain the knowledge of what an acid treated Buffalo looks like. After you have done a few and seen the results you have a much better idea of how they change the appearance.
I agree that there isn't a thing wrong with acid treating unreadable dates. You are not destroying anything.
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Nice finds! I plan to do the same soon!
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Thank you all for your kindness, I really appreciate it, I'm so glad I joined this forum.
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Restoring dates can be fun and profitable .... Thanks for sharing your finds, the 1914-D is a nice find, tough date ..... The 1918/7 Buffalo Acid Date I've seen graded in auctions .... About $200 Coin ... Here is one that was sold 9-10 months ago: http://coins.ha.com/itm/buffalo-nic...ption-071515Edited by LocalCoinGuy
01/06/2016 5:38 pm
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Dateless nickels are truly "unsearched." An inexpensive way to have fun.
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Update, I got done with my second batch, and pulled out 2 more 1914 d's 1 1914 s, and one 1913 s type 2
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Awesome! Got the key date. You can get 20-30 bucks, sometimes more, for an acid dated 13-s t2 on ebay. |
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Update, I got done with my second batch, and pulled out 2 more 1914 d's 1 1914 s, and one 1913 s type 2 Well done! |
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Does the "Acid Test" work with silver coins? As long as the seller tells potential buyers that the coin's date was gotten by the acid method I think it is OK. Hiding things from buyers is what is unethical. What kind of acid did you use on those Buffalo's? I might just do it myself since they sell as junk in LCS.
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@terry8835 I think acid ruins silver coins.
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can someone please share a link on how this is done(?) - I thought that once the date appeared to be gone, it was gone forever. I have a couple Buffalo nickles, they are all "dateless". |
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Basically the acid eats away the nickel and leaves the copper content .... Buffalos are 75% copper and 25% nickel .... When the nickel is eaten by the acid the copper remains and you see enhanced date / details .... Search the web for .... Buffalo nickel restore ..... And you'll find info on the process! Edited by LocalCoinGuy
01/12/2016 3:24 pm
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