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1937 D 3 Legs Buffalo Nickel Looks Fake

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 Posted 02/17/2015  4:46 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add aldrin to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
i just saw this on ebay and looks fake

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 Posted 02/17/2015  5:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Buddy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

I've only seen heavily circulated 3 legged buffalos so I can't hazzard a guess. But I'm interested in learning about it.

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 Posted 02/17/2015  6:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ChildOfTheWheat to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks fake to me, if others thought it was real chances are the bid would not be $0.99
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 Posted 02/17/2015  6:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Celticsoul to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Never buy a coin off someone calling themselves "bucknutty"
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 Posted 02/17/2015  7:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add edweather to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Is he showing us the edge so we can see what a nice job he did polishing the casting seam?

Has also sold other raw key dates.

10' pole method on this one.....borrowed form RK55.
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 Posted 02/17/2015  7:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add shermae to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The 1922 no D was also a fake.
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 Posted 02/17/2015  7:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add westernsky to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
i cannot tell real or fake from those low quality pictures. In those situations I'd stay away from it.

Whatever it is it has been cleaned.
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 Posted 02/17/2015  7:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If you look at the close up of the reverse you would see what appears to be track marks of an electric eraser. Not sure but I'd keep away from this coin. I suspect the leg was removed but difficult to check without a real close up.
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 Posted 02/17/2015  9:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SteveCaruso to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Back leg is far too strong.

Me: "Fake."
Regis: "Is that your final answer?"
Me: "That's my final answer."
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 Posted 02/17/2015  10:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add edweather to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

Quote:
The 1922 no D was also a fake.


You got that right.
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 Posted 02/18/2015  02:07 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jimbucks to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Obvious fake with lots of tooling marks.
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Bad quality fake.
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Nice catch, aldrin! That 1922 Lincoln he sold was also a fake. A budding con artist .... Reported.
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 Posted 02/19/2015  09:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Moe145 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
FYI for all: NGC 1937 D Buffalo nickel 3 Legged Counterfeit Detection discussion that seems appropriate here.


Edited by Moe145
02/19/2015 09:33 am
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 Posted 02/19/2015  10:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Nickel Guy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's a fake.
It doesn't have any of the obvious diagnostics.

1. The "P" and "U" in E. PLURIBUS UNUM should not be touching the back of the bison.
2. The very hind leg should be weak.

His coin:

1937-D-3-Legs-Buffalo-Nickel-Looks-Fake

Authentic coin:

1937-D-3-Legs-Buffalo-Nickel-Looks-Fake
Edited by Nickel Guy
02/19/2015 10:27 am
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