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Rest in Peace
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You should be able to bring it back by leaving the coin in a solution of 3 parts vinegar and 1 part peroxide , anywhere from 2 hours to 12 hours .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Good formula. I'll guess 1929.
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I'll have to try that won't Damage the coin right?
Edited by Herestohoping
06/13/2021 09:51 am
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yes, that will damage the coin. It will be what is called a restored date coin, or acid restored. (vinegar is an acid) As is, coin isn't worth much. acid restored dates aren't worth much unless it turns out to be a rare date or variety.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Got an old fashioned polarizing lens to screw onto the front of a 35mm camera lens?
In college, many moons ago, I had a friend show me a dateless buffalo's date can be seen if you put it under the polarizing filter and look at it at an angle.
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Add me to the 1929 list.
As stated, it will be a damaged coin, but as is, it's not worth much.
Option 1: keep it as is, a well worn 1929
Option 2: learning experience, restore the date, and have a damaged 1929, with more visible features.
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I'll have to try that won't Damage the coin right? Your worried about damaging the coin ? In it's present condition with or without the acid treatment that Nickel is worth about 20¢ !  |
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It's my first Buffalo nickel I'm still pretty new to coin collecting lol that's why I asked |
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There were no 1922 Buffalo nickels. I'm going to vote for 1929, with a relatively high mintage of 36.4 million. |
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From the left ribbon design, it has to be 1926-27-28-29. The design rules out the 1920-21-23-24-25 coins.
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Thanks for the info I didn't even think of that
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It's toast, no matter what the date, no hard feelings. The Buffalo nickel date design was not good for retaining dates. I have more partial dates than I can count. |
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I don't know why you would spend any effort on this coin. It's a low value dateless bison nickel. My LCS sell ones with full date for 75 cents. They tell you to spend the dateless ones there is no market for them. Keep it as your first coin. Get a full date one for cheap (well the common dates ones)
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06/13/2021 9:46 pm
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Here is the results of using vinegar and peroxide lol No good can come from it   Oh well had to try.. at least to learn lol |
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You made it worse . Your solution mix ? , Or the time the coin was left in solution ?  |
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