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Pillar of the Community
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 And for that kindof money. I'd have it slabbed FIRST!  |
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Rest in Peace
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Back in the sixties I did roll searching of nickels and probably had a hundred three-legged Buffalo nickels go through my hands. I would throw one in to sweeten a deal. "And a three-legged Buffalo nickel, too." "Cool! Let me see." I wonder how long it would take me to find one now. |
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Mine is slabbed ANACS VF-20, EF Details, but cleaned and I paid $500 for it several years ago.
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" Mine is slabbed ANACS VF-20, EF Details, but cleaned and I paid $500 for it several years ago."
Man that is one expensive, weak die error coin. I would rather have a MS65-D four legged, well struck Buffalo and it would be a lot less expensive too.
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I agree that I die error does not belong as an empty spot in an album. I usually have no interest in error coins, but I do have an interest in this one. When I was a tiny coin collector, this coin was the stuff of legend! I guess a little bit of that awe has stuck around.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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No problem Symphonic. That is the good thing about coins, we all get to collect what we like. Welcome to the forum!
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I nearly agree, I like it as a popular variety, but would want it slabbed.
[I have a VF-30, so, yes, I am prejudiced.]
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Bedrock of the Community
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If you really want one that is not a bad price. HOWEVER, as already noted have the dealer get it authenticated first. There are many, many fakes of that around. Back when we were kids and Buffalo nickels were the norm we used to use an electric eraser and delete that leg on many of those for the fun of it. We were getting really good at it too. I have many of the real ones from back then since, like I said, those type of Nickels were common when I was a kid. The Jefferson nickels were the rareaty then. As kids we also removed the D on many 1922 Cents and doctored up almost any coin that were fun to mess with. Deleting parts of dates, different legs on those Buffalos, scratching mustaches on Liberty coins was all in a days fun. Now as an adult I always wonder who has all those coins we messed up. So make sure you have any rare coins verified. |
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I paid around $600 for mine raw and sent it in to PCGS and they sent it back in an AU 50 holder. This was about 15 years ago so I imagine that for a comparable grade piece, price should be in the neighborhood of around 1500.
Daniel
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I like it as a popular variety It isn't a variety, just a worn out overpolished die that should have been retired. |
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If anybody cares, the Littleton albums for Buffalo nickels do not have slots in them for the 18/7-D overdate or the 37-D 3 legger. Makes for a nice clean set when you don't have to fill or account for those two slots. And NO, I am not a salesman for Littleton!! Actually - some of the old Dansco albums did not have those two slots either, but I can't find those anymore... |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:If anybody cares, the Littleton albums for Buffalo nickels do not have slots in them for the 18/7-D overdate or the 37-D 3 legger. Makes for a nice clean set when you don't have to fill or account for those two slots. And NO, I am not a salesman for Littleton! Actually - some of the old Dansco albums did not have those two slots either, but I can't find those anymore... I wonder if yours is just an older Album. Many of my older Whitman Albums did not have a lot of coin slots as the ones today do. Of course some of mine may have been produced by the first printing press. In fact some of my Albums were made before there were coins to put in them.  |
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I haven't looked at the Whitmans. It just seems like every Littleton I've ever seen or held in my hand didn't have them whereas most Dansco's do. Each manufacturer probably offers varieties. Maybe I haven't seen them all.
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i have a pcgs f-15 in a old holder and a raw xf40 coin that was bought from a very reputable dealer trough a good friend of mine who is a small time dealer. I need to get it graded maybe at the next show I go to. Paid 300 for the f 15 and 425.00 for the xf several years ago. I also have pcgs 22pl strong reverse in vf25 and vg 10. 450 for the vg and 700 for the vf when I purchased them also several years back. At the time I bought the vg 22pl I turned down a xf45 22pl because it was 900.00 probaly the worst non buy of my coin collecting. I do have a nice ms64+ 14d Buffalo nickel that I neeed to have graded. I would buy it if he is a reputable dealer and you trust him. |
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