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A friend saw this one coming up at auction and let me have a go at it. Ended up winning it and it'll be off to PCGS for reholdering soon enough. I like the coin overall, especially the alloy streaking, and the doubled eyes are probably my favorite DDO's in the series. This one will be POP 6/0 once relabeled. 1930 Buffalo nickel doubled die - DDO-001, FS-101    |
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Great coin!
Nice of your friend to point it out!
ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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Very nice example and a good friend to point that out, congrats!
-CH27
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Is that a fingerprint on the obverse and is it on the coin or the holder? John1  |
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Is that a fingerprint on the obverse I suspect that is some of the alloy streaking that tropicalbats spoke about. The doubled eye really catches your eye! Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Very nice find! A lot of varieties for this date, most of which I find intriguing as well. Certainly some more extreme doubling when it comes to the DDO's |
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Nice cherry pick! This is one of my favs too. Mind asking you what you paid for it?
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Thanks so much for the great comments! I took another look and am pretty sure that it is, in fact, a light fingerprint on the coin. I don't collect a lot of nickels and haven't really seen that before, it is what it looks like. As for price, I won it at auction for $316, which I consider on the low side for the coin itself let alone with the DDO so quite happy with the whole bit. And it's just a re-holder fee plus variety add so not super expensive to get it re-done. |
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Fantastic example!  |
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Great coin, @bats! I love the way these old Buffs tone with age. Quote:
And it's just a re-holder fee plus variety add so not super expensive to get it re-done. I have a Morgan dollar that I'd like to send in for variety attribution. Is there a chance that they would "regrade" the coin in that case or is it only a matter of adding the information to the label? "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Thanks all! Bump, they won't regrade it unless you actually submit it for that and pay for a regrade, which you probably don't want. But "reholder" is a separate section on the submission form and only coins going in for just that can go on the form so you may end up with a single coin submission. That gets expensive to mail it to them and get it mailed back plus other standard fees. If it's an expensive VAM I'd go for it but not for one of the lesser ones. |
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Appreciate the follow-up @TB. It is an expensive VAM in an unattributed holder. Just wanted to be sure that the grade wouldn't be subject to dropping just for addition of the attribution. "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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