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Well I had a bunch of no date Buffalo nickels sitting in the safe, most were soaked in vinegar to try and reveal a date and it worked on about 25% of them. My 12 year old son collects buffalos and we actually found 2 1921-S buffalos by soaking in vinegar. I decided to buy some nic-a-date to try and reveal some more dates as a lot of these coins are mintmarked, I know what some will say but these coins are basically worth melt without dates and I was hoping to fill some holes in his album. We found this one and the date revealed was 1913, here's a pic of the reverse, I think it's a type 2. Checked the complete guide to Buffalo nickels by Lange and I'm pretty sure it is. Nice little hole filler for the boys album. What do you think?  |
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Definitely a Type 2 if the date is 1913, and if it were not doctored looks like it would grade a VG reverse. I see almost half a horn there, nice one ! With a 1913-S Type 2 starting at nearly 300 in G-4- what a steal ! I have been looking at alot of these nickels lately, and I kept a few nicer Mint Marked no-dates to play with, maybe I'll get one too !
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Thanks InfiniteInterest, I don't think it's worth very much as it's an altered date, in other words I used chemicals to reveal the date. It's a good filler for my sons album though. The date is definately 1913 I tried to take some pics of the obverse but the date is weak and I couldn't get a good pic. You can see the date clear under a 10X loupe. Thanks for your opinion!
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Sure thing mr merc . I know alot of people don't like altered Buffaloes, but I got nothing against a nicely restored nickel, when the budget does not include the real deal for awhile. It is hard to see the surface texture in the pics, but that looks pretty good to me. As I mentioned, I have seen alot of these in the last couple weeks, and alot of the restored coins look much much worse than this one. I would still like to see the obverse , date or not :)
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Altered date means a coin had its date changed to look like something different...like all the 1944D cents that changed into 1914D cents when someone cut away parts of the first 4 in the date.
This is not an altered date, it's technically a post-mint damaged coin (acid eaten)...still a scarce coin any way you look at it...if the date is 1913.
And yes, the difference between type 1 and type 2 is obvious, and that's a type 2.
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Thanks coppercoins, I shouldn't have used the phrase altered date, acid revealed date may be a better phrase.
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I took a pic of the date with a QX5 microscope and a pic of the obverse with my camera.   |
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I can't tell...I'd have to take your word for it.
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Posted 03/14/2008 10:45 pm
