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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here's a 1926-S Buffalo. I'm looking for grading & valuation opinions.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I was going to say G-6 because of the date. Then I noticed it had a full horn with the tip clearly visible; albeit dimly. Technically that would make it a VF-20. Shallow strike? I'll bow to the Buff experts on this one.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Near full date and about half horn. Obverse lettering worn into rim, I'd go VG-8 on this one.
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Pillar of the Community
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I wonder if the horn area has been very lightly acid treated to make it stand out more. Based on the obverse, it is no better than a G6, so it is really unlikely for the reverese to have a near full horn. So I would grade this one a G6 based on the obverse and other areas of the reverese and the horn may have been chemically enhanced.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Doesn't appear to have that flat dull and discolored look you see on an area treated with acid but hard to tell for sure by the photo.
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Pillar of the Community
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I have to say this one stumps me. I just checked a bunch of completed listings and found prices all over the place...from $15 to $300...all for coins in about this condition. The thing that gets me is that I checked a lot of PCGS and NGC coins graded at the VF level. Most of them have the same wear on the date, and most of them don't have as much detail on the reverse.
I think this one is one you should look at like I did. On the completed listings and then check the graded examples. I was surprised to see that the look to be in the same ballpark as your example; condition wise. If so then a fmv might be around $250
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Pillar of the Community
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I wonder if being a Key they don't grade it a bit looser. I know they do that with fb on the Mercury series. There are 45P Merc's that get the fb designation that would not fly at all on any other date. Just wondering...
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Bedrock of the Community
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The 1926-S is normally a lousy strike but I just don't see a TPG giving this one a VF grade. It would be nice to see another photo of it with some better lighting. |
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I examined the coin carefully under good light with a decent loupe. There is not any evidence the horn has been treated with acid. In fact, under 10X half (or less) of the horn is visible. The photo makes it look like the horn is there but in hand it isn't. Unfortunately my photo skills are pretty limited & these pics are about the best I can do.
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06/15/2012 2:32 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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This has been educational. I should read more of these. Buffs are a lot harder than I thought.
Trdhrder007; I used to work with some guys that did photo analysis. And one of the things I learned was that sometimes details actually become lost at magnification. Not saying that is what happened, but I am saying it happens. Thanks for the post.
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Posted 06/14/2012 3:30 pm
