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New Member
United States
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How much do you think it's worth?   |
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Valued Member
United States
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I am not sure if it is a 3 legger. Even with the poor condition of the coin and blurry photos I can still see four distinct feet.
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Moderator
 United States
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Welcome to Coin Community, VernonThomas. The more important feature I see missing here is the Denver mint mark, the mint where the 3-Legs came from. If by chance the mint mark is there and we can't see it, I would have to ask for more accurate images of the reverse so we can look for the other signs of the variety.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Terrible pictures; can't tell.
Send it in for authentication.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Welcome to the Forum!
Not a very good picture of a very ugly coin due to environmental damage.
I see no "D" mintmark and I see 4 legs.
Do not waste your money sending this coin in for authentication. Take the coin out of it's misery and either give it away to a kid or spend it. It is considered a cull and it will never be more than a cull. As is, it is worth exactly 10 cents to a wholesale buyer if you chose to sell it that route.
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New Member
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New Member
United States
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no, this is defiantly a philly minted straight up 4 legger. you can see it even though it is not shiny like the other three the 4th leg is defiantly there.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That Buffalo has four legs. In this corroded condition, it's worth 5-10 cents.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 keep on hunting. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ok...let's try this... The popular 1937-D 3-legged nickel was minted in Denver and displays a "D" mint mark on the reverse of the coin below the word "Five Cents". Since there is no "D" mint mark, your coin cannot possibly be a 3-legged 1937-D nickel. The only other years that have abraded die issues (that altered the legs) are: 1917-D, 1927-D and 1936-D which all have "3 1/2 legged" varieties. They are all scarce. So..the bottom line is the coin you have pictured is a cull, damaged, corroded, not-very-collectible 1937-P mint Buffalo nickel, that is worth 10 cents. Hope that helps. |
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Valued Member
United States
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 Vernon. I have to aggree with the others. It does not have the Denver Mint Mark and shows 4 full legs. Keep hunting they are out there. |
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Valued Member
United States
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"The only other years that have abraded die issues (that altered the legs) are: 1917-D, 1927-D and 1936-D which all have "3 1/2 legged" varieties. They are all scarce."
Don't forget the 1913 type 1 3 1/2 legged.
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