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Valued Member
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Hello All, I have trolled this forum for years slowly rebuilding my interest in the hobby. Typical for this hobby I think, I got started when a family member (grandmother) left me her collection 30 years ago. They have sat in a safe in my basement for over 20 years unlooked at or inventoried because I had lost the combination and quite frankly put them out of my mind. Well, I finally had it opened and thought I'd start cataloging them in a spreadsheet with photo's for the valuable specimens. If I have done this right below should be a pic of my 1918/7-D buffalo. Sorry for the quality, it's my first try and I used a handheld android phone. Coming tomorrow, a 1856 Flying Eagle that has been in my family for over 120 years...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Woo-eee! An 18/7-D overdate and an 1856 FE cent? You don't mess around, do you?
Keep the photos coming....and welcome to the forum!
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Trust me, the collection is no Eliasberg. My Grandmother was by no means wealthy but was a hoarder. All of the coins are raw since she died in 1982 before slabbing had really started. The Eagle is truly a family heirloom that I will never sell. I hope to get some opinions on it's grade and Snow number. I think its one of the proofs as it is a little thicker than my 57 or 58 Eagles, and still has some luster on it. The thing that concerns me is there appears to be some verdigris near the beak so I'm considering joining the ANA and sending it to NCG for conserving. The only other coins of real value are a VG 1877 Indian, ag-3 1916-D Merc and a VF-EF 1893-CC Morgan. 90% of the collection is 20th century commons but most series are fairly complete. |
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United States
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Wow sounds like you were left a amazing collection. I can't wait to see pics of the other coins that you have especially the 56 Flying Eagle cent!! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Looking forward to more pics! |
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United States
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Incredible overdate to start, looking forward to more of what your grandmother left you.
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Very nice coin indeed. I, like the others am also looking forward to future postings.
Even though I can't see the reverse of the overdate, I'd say it's probably a VF and does look completely genuine to me. Some environmental damage, but this is a very difficult high dollar piece. Wish it was in my collection.
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Valued Member
United States
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You make a good point. I am concerned that it may have been dipped or had some damage to it because it's much darker than my other Buffs.
An odd aside is she had no idea what she had. The coin was just sitting in the 1918-D slot in an old blue Whitman folder. When I was transferring the coins to 2x2's I thought the 8 looked funny and saw the 7 clearly under the 8.
She also left me hundreds of dateless Buffs that I dutifully flipped over looking for that elusive missing leg....to no avail!
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Valued Member
United States
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Here is the obverse for help in grading. There is what looks like tape residue across the buffalos shoulder.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you would have found a 1937-D 3 legger in a group of no dates it probably would have been the first one in the history of EVER, as the later date 30's almost never lost their entire date to wear.
Now...back to this overdate, is the front side of the coin really as dark as it appears in your photo at the beginning of this thread? I ask because the reverse looks relatively normal and I would have thought that "darkening" due to being in an album, would be more likely to occur on the reverse.
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Thank you for showing pics if the reverse. I'm fairly certain a TPG would probably grade that VF-20, or more likely, "VF details__environmental damage." What you see on the reverse is a lamination error. Quite common on Buffalo nickels. Really large lam errors are sometimes of interest to specialist collectors, but smaller ones lie yours generally decrease value a bit. I wouldn't worry about it much on your coin. I would like to see the obverse pictured under the same light and focus as your new reverse pic. I, too, am slightly puzzled how the two sides of the coins look drastically different. The sulfur in an old whitman folder wouldn't normally leave a coin looking like your obverse anyway, even if exposed to too much moisture. It was probably something that happened prior to being found. |
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Very nice buffalo!
Only if my Grandmother put away some dimes or other coins while they were brand new. She was born in the 30's. I always tell her what my coins are worth and only if she saved one. lol
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I happened to take a new one of the obverse last night when I shot the reverse. The coin's obverse has a charcoal drawing look to it.  |
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