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Valued Member
United States
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As some of you might remember, I recently completed my "64 Buffalo nickels for 64 dollars" set. Since then, my goal has been to upgrade the set, but I have kinda put it on the backburner for a while. Well today I was in an antique store, and noticed a little coin area with a Buffalo nickel jar for 45 cents a piece. I can never resist the urge to pick through a Buff jar (it's how I completed most of my set in the first place) so I jumped in. And I have to say, I did very, very well. I bought 6 coins, and 5 of them were pretty significant upgrades over what I had in my set. And the best part was that I only paid a total of $2.85 for the set. You will see shortly why that was a very good deal. Pictures: 1913 Type 1 (partial horn)   1913-D Type 1 (full horn!)   1914   1921   1924-D   Unidentified S-mint (1918 maybe?)   I have to say this is probably one of my best buff hauls ever for the price. Some of these coins are selling on ebay for more than 3 bucks just by themselves in the condition I got them in. I can say from firsthand experience, if you guys ever want to get good deals on some better date buffaloes, pick through every Buffalo nickel jar you see. There will be a lot of crap to wade though, but you will find great deals with enough searching. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 Nice pickup. I always wanted to go to an antique shop to see if they if they have any old coins. |
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 United States
415 Posts |
It's very hit or miss and the ones that do usually have them very overpriced, but every once in a while you find a killer deal like this. They had some other coins in their display case, but they were way overpriced. Like, common silver quarters for 7 bucks. But for some reason, Buffalo nickels are the one thing I see somewhat consistently that are pretty cheap when you can just pick out of a "junk" jar of them. I think because they aren't silver, places like antique stores that don't necessarily specialize in coins don't value them as highly. That's great for me though! |
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Valued Member
United States
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Very nice! I, too, love to pick through "junk" jars, boxes, etc. It's always such a cool feeling you you find some small treasure in the "trash". My experience with antique stores/consignment stores is that if you do see coins, the prices are usually WAY out of whack, so you did well!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Oh mama!  Way to go. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice pick ups! You never can tell what you may find in those bulk purchase "pick" containers.
I think the bottom coin is a well-worn 16-S.
Kool!
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice! Also, your 64 for 64 post inspired me to do something similar. I have spent $45 on 46 coins so far, many of them not acid dates!
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Valued Member
United States
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That's awesome! Glad I could inspire someone to do something similar. I always recommend the Buffalo nickel set if someone wants to complete a whole series of coins without breaking their wallet. If you are willing to settle for acid dates for a couple of the keys, there is not a single stopper from completing the set. And as I have mentioned, it seems way easier to find good deals on Buffs than on other coins from the era. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think Buffalo and Mercury dimes are good coins to collect to get a full set without having to mortgage the house. Peace dollars are also nice since the most expensive 1928 you can get for less than $400 in AU condition. Once you get a complete set you can always improve it. I got a complete set of Franklin's, LWH's, and Peace dollars. I think I will collect the Buffalos next and maybe Mercury dimes as well so when I make a trip to LCS or a show I can always find something. Wheat pennies are also a nice thing as are silver Washington quarters, and silver Roosevelt dimes. How can you go wrong collecting silver coins if you pay a reasonable price and don't overpay. You can also collect the more common Morgans in MS63 for less than 100 bucks a piece. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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you never know what you can find if you really look
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Valued Member
United States
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Took some new pictures of my unidentified S mint coin. I feel pretty good about 1918 still, but I would welcome other opinions.    I have to say, though, this is one of the toughest ones I have ever had to identify without acid dating. Since the point of what I'm trying to do now is upgrade coins, it wouldn't really be productive for me to acid date. I really do think there is enough there to come to a conclusion, but I would like other input. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
The 8 is fairly visible.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Valued Member
United States
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After comparing to some pictures of some worn 1916 examples I feel more confident that this is a 1918 example. Any other thoughts?
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Nice additions.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not an 8, that's a 6 for sure.
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Posted 08/08/2015 4:23 pm
