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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The craziest part is it stayed in circulation for quite some time before it was finally pulled! Very cool, thanks for sharing!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wonderful coin! Congrats!
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Rest in Peace
United States
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That is really crazy , any idea what it's worth ?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, based on a good look at this spectacular error, it is Philadelphia minted, type 2 reverse, and most likely struck before 1927, since the ones after about that date tend to have more remaining dates.
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Pillar of the Community
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 to the CCF! It's interesting to see an Eight Legged Buffalo nickel!  with the others. Why would a coin with this obvious error continue to circulate? It makes me wonder if it was a 'Pocket Piece' that was carried for years by a collector. It may have been in MS/AU condition when it was found, but it wasn't worth that much at the time. Whoever had it just carried it until it was worn down to the condition we see in the images. Great error coin! Please let us know the certification/grade.  ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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Valued Member
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Here you go.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Does appear to have some wear on it.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Don't see these. Cool coin Love the buffalo's.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How did it to to ag3 before being noticed? Great coin!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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My dad used to tell me that when he was a kid in the 50s the ones he would still get in pocket change were already worn nearly flat, even the late 30s dates. Errors of this magnitude on Buffs are quite scarce, to say the least. By and large, most people with no interest in numismatics SEE the coins in their pocket, but they don't LOOK at them.
Great find!
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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Fantastic find! What a great error.
IMHO, the remnant of the left ribbon design probably is ODV-005, which was only struck in 1923.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I looked at a 23 of mine and they sure do have some similarities.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Why would a coin with this obvious error continue to circulate? It makes me wonder if it was a 'Pocket Piece' that was carried for years by a collector. Very good possibility. Before the early to mid 60's error coins were often treated as just so much trash. I recall a story, I believe it was told by Abe Kosoff about when he was working with a dealer in the 1930's. The dealer pulled out an uncirculated off center V nickel, looked at it for a bit, and then just tossed it in the trash can. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pretty remarkable, one of the few I've seen.
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United States
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Very nice! |
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