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1927 Buffalo Nickel Maybe Sp?

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 Posted 01/25/2017  12:43 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Fiream to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I got another one...lol I've had this coin since I was about 8 year old. I got it out out a Gumball Machine... not kidding. Sorry for the crap picture, the battery in my Dslr died. The coin is a dull silver with no mint mark other than the "p" on the front. I was doing some research online and it was showing an SP version of this coin, what is that?

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 Posted 01/25/2017  1:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add fioti to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I know that SP on some buffs stand for 'specimum', as the nics were struck using
chromium-plated dies. I'd imagine there be other answers to your questiuon.
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 Posted 01/25/2017  1:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tommyjet to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If you could use the image optimizer and crop out all the unneeded stuff around the coin we can get a better look.
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I see a perfectly normal circulated 1927 Buffalo nickel. The F on the obverse is the designer initial for Fraser.
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I think the (SP) designation stands for Special Strike,
I do think only 3 are known as of now. And there is no possible way I can tell you your coin is an (SP) but better pics can help see what you have..

I love Buff's
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Looks like a nicely struck circulation issue grading EF-45.
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Can't argue.
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XF-45
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My tents in the 45 camp too.
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EF-45.
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very nice buff
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I got better some pictures, this is my favorite coin of my whole collection.

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It just looks like a regular old Buffalo nickel. The P below the date is not a MM, but stands for Frazer, the last name of the designer.
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Looks XF no problems. When you said you got it from a Gumball Machine, my first thought was I never knew they gave back change but realized there was a time when you could put a quarter in a Gumball Machine and the prize would be a Buffalo nickle, Indian cent or Mercury dime or a book of tattoos!
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