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Bedrock of the Community
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Hmmm, maybe I was overreacting.
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Whatever happened to the good old days when a VF Buffalo had to have a full horn? This is a rhetorical statement. Coin has nice color!
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01/21/2017 9:50 pm
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Not a VF in my opinion, particularly the Obverse (Reverse looks fine).
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I don't have a problem with the reverse, but VF-20 seems generous. They're probably making allowance for a date that is notoriously and generally challenged as regards fullness of detail.
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26S is a date hard to find with full strike. I bought a 26S last year from a friend for like $90 basically fine money. NGC graded it vf25. Sold it for $270 I think.....my dealer told me if it had a fuller horn he would've paid me over $350 cause they're so scarce.
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I have a 26-S in VF. The horn should be "mostly visible". So I guess EF the horn must be completely visible? When you go from VF to EF that is a big jump in price. You are not going to get one with a distinct and visible horn for $300 IMO and other EF type attributes unless the bottom has fallen out of that market.
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Did you win the bid Johnny?
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It is now sold. Wonder who got that one.
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Whatever happened to the good old days when a VF Buffalo had to have a full horn? This is a rhetorical statement. Coin has nice color! That is an over reaching, unrealistic standard in my opinion. Some dates are not well struck and almost didn't have a horn from the day they were made. If you grade by surfaces, there are many of these coins that come in as VF-20, which actually quite a bit of wear for any coin, that don't have full horn detail. |
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To billjones' point, take a look at this PCGS graded MS-63 example of a 1926-D. I know we're talking about an S mint coin in this thread, but both 26-S and 26-D shared a lot of similar, initial deficiencies. The photos in this listing aren't real good, but good enough to give you a flavor of how weak the branch mint issues for this year can be. In addition to the weak horn, check out the blob-like mint mark. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1926-D-BUFF...AOSwOyJX-Cmz |
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That coin can't be MS-63. The date is not even full and the reverse is very worn. My VF looks better than that.
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I take it that "My VF" is a 1926-D nickel and not one from the 1930s which can come nice.
According the Q. David Bowers from his book A Guide Book of Buffalo and Jefferson Nickels, "Some 1926-D nickels are almost completely flat on the reverse." This coin might be way graded, but I tend to doubt that it is less than AU on the reverse.
I would not condemn this coin from a picture, but the one thing I would say is that better struck examples are available and are worth more, probably much more, than this piece.
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