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Valued Member
United States
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Coin is up for auction today at GreatCollections and as of this writing it has 19 bids and 8 hours to go and there is a link below photo but before you go, grade from these photos ..... And if you like post your grade before you look .... I don't believe anyone will get the same grade NGC and if you do, I've got plenty of coins to run by ya all and see if you like em' .....  Link has grade in it ..... Don't look at link until you grade .... Link below last picture ......  http://www.greatcollections.com/Coi...el-NGC-XF-40*** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***Edited by LocalCoinGuy 02/14/2016 11:40 am
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2843 Posts |
I am going to go with VF20. Now let me check...
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Pillar of the Community
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Valued Member
Topic StarterUnited States
398 Posts |
I own this VF25 which I believe is a much better coin - above and beyond better but if just buying from Grade I would of gone with XF40 over the VF25 shown ..... I constantly see these differences between Slabbed coins - I understand there is differences but widespread as in these from same company lends me to take Graded Coins with a grain of salt, or something like that .... 
Edited by LocalCoinGuy 02/14/2016 12:18 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5828 Posts |
LocalCoinGuy, that coin is XF at the least. Great looking coin, horrible fumble by NGC.
As for the OPs coin, VF tops.
Just checked: OMG wow NGC... Horrendous job.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4009 Posts |
VF 20 the coin has a strong date, but I do not like the horn on the reverse.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4009 Posts |
This is not a coin that I would be interested in buying at the NGC grade.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My first thought/hunch was VF35. Then, after studying it for about 20 seconds I decided on VF30 due to the strong date. I agree that the horn does hold it back further. Buffalo nickels are difficult to grade. Raw, this coin is a winner in my book.
Edited by Darth Morgan 02/14/2016 2:06 pm
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Moderator
 United States
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 lack of full horn would hold this back
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz
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Valued Member
Topic StarterUnited States
398 Posts |
Thanks ChildofTheWheat - I like it too, color is super
What I meant to say was:
I like my VF25, which I think coukd grade higher but not enough horn for XF but much better than the Subject XF ...... XF, heck AU compared to,Subject Coin!
Edited by LocalCoinGuy 02/14/2016 4:06 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
I guessed 35 knowing that the reverse strike on most 21-S is very weak. Take a look at MS of this date/mm and you can see even more clearly how terrible many reverse strikes are.
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Bedrock of the Community
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My first thought was F-15 , Mushy top of reverse and no horn . also this coin might have been cleaned. look at the fields on both sides. Just another reason why I dislike slabbed coins. 
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Having assembled many matched grade sets of Buff's over the years, I too was at VF-20 as a net grade. I'll be surprised if the price realized surpasses $400. The money is on the horn.
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Valued Member
Topic StarterUnited States
398 Posts |
Coin went for little over $431 plus Buyer's Fee of $43 and shipping ..... $485-$490 to your door, wow ..... And yes I think the reverse was cleaned at one time, there are light scratches consistent with cleaning! Here is another poorly graded coin, same grader and I think this one is over graded by 10 if not 15 points and I also suspect it was cleaned but no mention of that, so perhaps not but has the appearance .... Ugly VF30 ..... http://www.ebay.com/itm/1919-S-Buff...AOSwFqJWrlBg
Edited by LocalCoinGuy 02/18/2016 10:49 pm
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