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1919 D 2 Feathers Buffalo Nickel ?

 
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 Posted 06/02/2023  7:36 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add macmercury to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I rummage through coins that I bought months back, had some time off finally and didn't get the chance till now due to job related situations.

This one caught my eye from a small group of Buffalo nickels, I don't remember there was a 1919 D 2 feather Buffalo nickel in the CherryPickers' Guide, at least in my Fifth Edition, it is outdated, so maybe the forum members can ID better than I can, there is slight lamination on the obverse around the nose area.



Also looking at PCGS Photograde, to qualify for a G4 grade, it needed to have 4 digit date, so I think this will grade G3.

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 Posted 06/02/2023  8:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sure looks like a 2-feather!
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 Posted 06/06/2023  10:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ty2020b to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looking at the mintmark position, this looks to be a match for the 2 Feather "Die 1". There are multiple dies for this date 2 feather, 2 that I'm aware of. Considered a 2 feather variety, though there is still a small remnant of the 3rd feather. Yours looks to be a bit earlier in die state. Later die state examples have multiple die cracks. The first one appears just above the brow (see picture below). Die cracks also develop from the nose to rim and lips to rim.

If yours does have the start of the crack pictured below, I'd safely call it a 2 feather, albeit not as late die state as some. If the die crack is missing, it may be a polish away from a "true" 2 feather OR just an earlier die state thet I haven't seen yet.
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 Posted 06/09/2023  3:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add macmercury to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks Ty,

I doubled check the die crack location you shown here, but I can't see any and the coin condition is not fine enough to determine if die polish have indeed create the 2 feather. I will have to decide later to bring it to a local coin show or to FUN when time allows it, along with a few of my other.

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