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I am attempting to assemble a complete set of Buffalo nickels (not counting errors such as 3-legger) and do it for $64 or less. Obviously this will require acquiring most of the key dates as dateless coins that I restore. I saw that a poster did this a few years back in assembling a set for even cheaper, but he did it wil coin roll hunting which I will not be doing. I began my collection yesterday by sorting through a bucket of random buffs at a flea market. I was able to assemble the first 21 coins of my set for $13. Here is a list of what I have acquired so far: 1919 1920 1923 1924 1926 1927 1928 1928-S 1929 1929-S 1930 1934 1934-D 1935 1935-D 1936 1936-D 1936-S 1937 1937-D 1938-D I feel pretty happy about this first haul. Got a couple of decent dates in there. Here is my current budget breakdown. 21 coins acquired for $13. ($0.62/coin) 43 coins left for $51. ($1.18/coin to spend) I have some bids in for groups of dateless buffs, so once I get those in hand and the dates revealed, that should help my budget. I will keep this thread updated as I make progress on this endeavor. |
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I wish you luck. The big challenge will be the key S dates!
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Pillar of the Community
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Sounds like a very interesting endeavour! Good luck!
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Pillar of the Community
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Carnold - a terrific project!! Enjoy the challenge and I hope that luck rides with you on the more challenging specimens!
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From the research I've done, I should be able to assemble pretty much all the pre-1920 dates from dateless coins without too much of a hassle. The challenge comes with the later key S dates such as 21, 24, 26, 31. Hopefully I can find good deals on those in really crappy condition with enough persistence. Either that, or get really lucky and find dateless ones. I expect this challenge to take a little bit of time, but I do think it can be done.
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 Good luck, looks like a lot of fun. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Just remember that those restored dated coins are usually considered just messed up and of little value. Of course if your doing this for fun, who cares, right?
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Yeah, I'm not looking to collect a set to re-sell. Just one that has every date for as cheap as possible. I might try to assemble a nicer set one day, but for now, I am fine with getting some really crappy coins to fill the early holes, just to see how cheaply it can be done.
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Appears that you have established a clear collecting goal with a plan to achieve it ... Best of wishes with the set. Looking forward to the updates. David |
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the 1913-s TII will cost you $35 acid restored, the 1915-s $10 acid restored, the 1921-s $10 acid restored, the 1926-s $8, the 1931-s $8. These (5) coins alone will cost more than $64.
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It should be pretty easy for $64. Coin roll hunting only helped me find common later dates. I did find a 1921-S (full date) coin roll hunting, but I also found some from dateless lots so that actually didn't end up in the set. This reference image should help:  Buffalo Nickel Obverse Die Markers by CaptainFwiffo, on Flickr |
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g048406: The plan is to buy dateless coins and acid treat them myself to find those dates. I agree it will be too expensive to buy them after being restored.
CaptainFwiffo: Thanks for the reply! It was your thread that I found through searching here that inspired me to do this. Any advice you offer is greatly appreciated.
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We love it when members do things like this in public. |
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Keep us posted! Good luck!
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