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I was curious whether there was anything that can be determined about this Buffalo nickel and what level of interest there was in such a coin. Thanks!   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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There are acid products such as Nic-A-Date which will restore the date, and satisfy your curiosity, but the coin will no longer have any numismatic value (of course, as a dateless Buffalo nickel, it doesn't have much numismatic value anyway.) Vinegar also works, if a bit slower. 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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Here is my mini price guide for your coin if after being acid treated turns out to be a key date: 1913 S Type 2: $30 1916 DDO: $1,300 1918/7 D: $105 Edited by coinlover1899
01/03/2017 9:53 pm
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You can either do nic-a-date which comes in a bottle for a couple dollars or a vinegar hydrogen peroxide mix. Here's a link to an older topic of mine when I did the vinegar mix. http://goccf.com/t/263237 |
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Thanks for the link Alex. I haven't heard of this but will definitely keep it in mind. It seems the vinegar and hydrogen peroxide worked well.
In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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A single dateless buffalo is best left as a tip at your favourite sit down cafe.
The chances of it having the value of the Nick-a-date itself is infinitesimal.
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The vinegar and peroxide works very well . And if your able to bring up a key date it will have some value .  |
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Most agree with mox - unless you plan on doing a lot of these, the prep cost probably isn't worth it.
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Bruce , you forgot when I did over 400 dateless Buff's last summer ? For me it was worth it . Brought up some nice dates and mints including a 1926-S .  |
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Very nice T-Bop! I gave all mine away to trick-or-treaters  |
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Looks like the perfect coin to use in a parking meter.
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Unless you have hundreds of dateless buffaloes you're willing to acid date buying a bottle of nic-a-date probably isn't worth it.
You could put it in some vinegar for a few days to see what happens (instructions can be found on Google) or give it to a kid who likes coins.
The last two digits look like 27 to me, or maybe I'm just crazy.
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01/15/2017 1:55 pm
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