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19xx Buffalo Nickel - Opinions On Date Requested

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Asking for input on date.


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Slightly out of focus date (I thought this was easier to see a date with my eye problems):
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In focus date:
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I did not want to bias opinion by stating what I think I see for a date.
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Yep, 1916. It's obverse design 2, so that limits it to 1916-1919, The quick check for those four dates is the shape of the hole (or lower hole) in the last digit. Think breakfast: A doughnut is a "6." The butter knife is a "7." A cantaloupe is an "8". And a triangle (to announce breakfast is served) is a "9."
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Thanks again!
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Nice Buffalo nickel. Did you find it?
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wow FortCollins - where did you find that info at? 'Breakfast' huh? good analogy

Is there a Buffalo nickel site we can go to, to get the info you are so well versed in?
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Nice Buffalo nickel. Did you find it?


Someone dumped a partial roll of worn-out Buffalo nickels on a local FB group, so I bought it to entertain myself. Hopefully, it is entertaining CCF as well.

The lot had something I wanted but I was willing to pay a bit more considering the roll of nickels in the eclectic mix of the lot.

Here's what is left of that roll w/no readable date or mintmark:




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Buffalo searching is fun. I was getting a 100 Buffalos "no date" for $15.00 from LCS. 2 or 3 months ago. Some were full date, partial but readable, and those that I nic-a-dated. Many great finds for my third collection including 1913 S type 2 which I nic-a-dated. You never know what you will find, but I almost filled a Whitman album with 3 lots I purchased. I like to practice restoring the dead Indian head obverses using as little nic-a-date as possible. BTW, last time I went 2 weeks ago, they were just selling partial and full date loose Buffalos for a dollar apiece. No dice.
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Someone dumped a partial roll of worn-out Buffalo nickels on a local FB group, so I bought it to entertain myself. Hopefully, it is entertaining CCF as well.


Nice. It definitely is.
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