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Pillar of the Community
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How did you come across this coin?
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Bedrock of the Community
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The coin looks good to me, all the rev diagnostics are there.
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Can't see anything that would indicate fake.
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Bedrock of the Community
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there are some diagnostics I have learned to look for on these (like the stream below the belly) as they were copied so often and your coin seems to have them so I will say its real
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Hows this specksynder? Sorry for the bad pictures one of these days I am going to have to invest in a decent camera. What are the diagnostics on the obverse? Murrellington I found it at a gun show this last weekend.  |
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I am hoping that you have the real thing there  I dont know enough about the features to make a judgement. |
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You found it at a gun show? How cool is that! We're they selling lots of coins or just this buffalo? Just curious. Are you going to have it slabbed?
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If weerdsteev says it's good, that's good enough for me ;-)
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Pillar of the Community
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There should be "scruffiness" at the top back of the neck. I see that. The bottom feather is detached. I see that. The forehead should be scarred - almost Frankenstein-ish. I don't see that, but it may be because of the worn nature of this nickel.
I do see that E PLURIBUS UNUM does not touch the bison, which is correct, and the raised line from the bison's belly to the ground is correct.
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Bedrock of the Community
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And the rearmost leg has a ragged moth eaten appearance.
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Bedrock of the Community
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yeah it looked like the "moth eaten effect": was there by the Reverse pictures and if everything matches on the reverse like it looked like yours did I believe it is authentic instead of someone modifying another coin of the same date and making a 3 legger themselves. I believe you are alright as far as authenticity goes
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Pillar of the Community
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Kelly I am going to have it slabbed just because it makes me nervous that it is a fake but with all the reassuring comments I'm only slabbing it incase I ever decide to sell it. I really appreciate the help on this one.
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Kelly I am going to have it slabbed just because it makes me nervous that it is a fake but with all the reassuring comments I'm only slabbing it incase I ever decide to sell it. I really appreciate the help on this one. Considering you're probably looking at a bare minimum worth of $600+ in a slab (figuring on VF, maybe pessimistic), um, yeah, let's get this one into a slab.  |
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Beautiful ! You are $600 richer because you saw something that 100s of people missed! I love this site! We get to see so many incredible things.
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