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New Member
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Hi all: First of all thanks for a ton of good advice already -- I've learned so much reading the board. Two quick questions: Has anyone heard of (or done business with) Fred Weinberg? I have already found a number of error coins while culling change and saw his website specializing as an error dealer. Question two -- I found an entire roll of badly-worn, dateless Buffalo nickels today in my bank rolls. Do these coins have any value over face? Are they worth trying to sell at all? Thanks again -- you all rock! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Fred happens to be one of the most respected error guys on the planet, you can trust him. Dateless Buffs are worth more than face, around 40c. There is even a product to put on them to bring up the date. I've seen key dates go for large sums that were Nic-a Dated....  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hey Becky, do you know what the name of that product is? My grandfather was a hoarder and left several rolls of undated buffalos to my mom when he died.
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Valued Member
United States
439 Posts |
It's called Nic-a-date.
You might be able to get it at yer local coin dealer. If he doesn't carry it he might know where to find it. Failing that you can always buy online.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Keep in mind that the 1913 type 1 is easy to spot even without a date  Rick |
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United States
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Thanks Rick -- I had forgotten about that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is probably not going to be accepted very well, but it's the truth and need saying.  No serious Buffalo nickel collector would be caught dead with one of those ugly Nic-a-dated coins in their collection. There are just too many of the dated ones floating around to have to settle for one of those things. My suggestion would be to make buttons out of the nickels that have no dates. That would be better for them than being washied in acid. |
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A lot of dealers will pay around 40 cents for those No Date Buffalo nickels. Some use them as promotions, others sell them to their customers, some are sold to Japan and others give them to children who accompany their parents into the coin shop. They do have some value! |
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United States
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I agree with Dan on the use of Nic-a-date. It seems to me that using acid to reveal an already worn date detracts from the coin. As much as I understand the desire to do so, I also used to want to clean all of my "dirty" coins. We all know how undesirable this is...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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OldDan, while I agree with you that coins that are treated with Nic-A-Date are grainy and not very desirable, I have seen examples of key dates going for very high prices. So, you can use acid on them and hope you win the coin lottery, or sell them for 40c. I choose to sell them for 40c, but not everyone would agree with me...  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Fred Weinberg is reputable...dateless Buffalo's are selling for about 20c a piece on ebay. |
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New Member
United States
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Many thanks all:
This board is a gem.
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Posted 09/24/2006 7:31 pm
