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United States
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I'm looking for help IDing the date on this buffalo. I know it is ugly, but I bought it in a dateless lot. I think I know what it is, but I'm not going to plant thoughts in other people's heads. Thanks!   |
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Pillar of the Community
Sweden
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I see a 13 or 15...I bet more pics from different angles would assist too
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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'13 and '15 look very similar on these, but I feel confident that this one is a 1913-S type 2! Nice find. I've gotten a couple of these in dateless lots, but they all had to be acid dated, yours is pretty nice really (assuming the washed-out color is just from the lighting).
Edited by CaptainFwiffo
06/02/2012 5:56 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like a '13 to me. Great find! Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm all in on the 13S T2 as well... Where did you find it?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
652 Posts |
I'll agree on the 13-S. Nice find.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3540 Posts |
WOW! Excellent find. Looks like a 13 S Type 2. Congrats!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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At a fast glance it did appear as the 15 but the more I looked, the more it became the 13. Nice find.
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United States
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Valued Member
 United States
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To the naked eye, I also saw a 13-S T2, but wanted to confirm it on here. That was the BEST picture I could get of the date (not the coin), and I needed to mess with the settings to get that! I can't ever take pictures to show the details that I can see in hand, but I'm getting there. I buy all of my lots of ebay members. Usually not through ebay, anymore. That way they get a break on final fees, and I get a break on price. That's where I got this coin. I used this picture in my listing, since it more accurately represents the color/texture/details of the coin, and the last thing I want is to sell a coin that someone thinks looks better in the picture.  Note that they are both on the same BLACK background. That's how much I had to mess with the first picture to pick up the date like that. Edited by NYBrian84
06/04/2012 1:52 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i would have said 1913 as well but that last picture really looks more like 15 now
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United States
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I still don't see a 15, but that's what this forum is for. I'm going to have to try to take more pictures. I wish I could get pictures to be exactly how I see the coin in hand!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's a 15. No doubt about it, at least not in my mind.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The second picture looks more like a 15.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pull up some photos of 1913 (T2) and 1915 nickels that are in Fine or better condition and you'll note the differences in that lower loop opening. From left to right, the loop in the "3" for 1913 proceeds to the right and down. The loop in the "5" of the 1915 proceeds to the right and slightly upwards before curving down. The loop in the 5 is really quite a bit bigger than that of the 3. Part of the deceiving nature of the coin in question is that there is a tiny nick in the area of the straight, vertical stem of the 5 that makes it appear to be the angled bar of the 3 in 13. Look REALLY hard, though, and you'll see the ghost of the straight, vertical stem of a 5.
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United States
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Steve, until you messaged me last night, I was convinced it was a 15. So thanks so much for that message. After looking up side by side pictures, I noticed all the differences in the loop between the 5 and the 3. The reason why I didn't think to look at the loop before, was because, as you mentioned, the nick in the vertical line of the 5. To me, and many others, it looked like a 3. Especially in person.
But it is without question a 1915.
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Posted 06/02/2012 5:49 pm
