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Is this a 1913 D Type II buffalo? If so, any idea on the value? It's not quite MS70 :)   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Yes it looks like a 1913D type 2 too bad the date has obviously been restored. May be good for filling a hole but really lacks any real numismatic value because it has been altered via acid.
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Thank you for chiming in. I've heard the market for acid dated is completely hit or miss. Would this value at $5 or only on a good day?
Thanks again everyone!
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Forum member @weerdsteev may be the best person to field your question on value and desirability as he is the ebay seller linked above. |
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You just never know what will happen on ebay. I had a 14-D that I restored and put on ebay with a .99 cent opening bid. I think it went for a few bucks. Be careful with the date because it will rub off very easily. Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Please educate me on why this coin is an acid date. The coin does not have the telltale sign of being acid dipped as there is no different colorization around the date and the entire coin does not appear to have been dipped in acid.
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11/20/2015 5:19 pm
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Once you start restoring dates with vinegar you'll be able to spot them instantly. They're kinda mushy looking.
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It's definitely an acid date. I have acid dated tons of Buffalo nickels and you can just tell. The number one way you can tell is that the coin is worn to AG condition yet you can see the entire date. That is only the case on an acid-dated coin. The date is the first thing to wear off, so if the entire coin is as worn as that one is, you would be able to see little to none of the date. On this one, you can clearly see all 4 digits. Hence, acid dated. I would strongly disagree with those who say that acid dating coins kills their numismatic value, though. You have to remember that before the coin was acid dated, it was dateless. Dateless buffs are worth like a quarter at most. Acid dating them can only improve the value by possibly revealing key dates. Almost every auction for these on ebay save 1 or 2 have gone for 5 bucks or more. Given that the value of the dateless one started at a quarter, you have increased the value of the coin by 20 times by acid dating it. |
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Wow, great knowledge on this site. I love this site!
I know this is acid dated because I acid dated it myself. I bought about 50 dateless buffaloes for 20 cents a piece. Half of those actually had dates, the other half are getting an acid test to reveal the date. I didn't know the dates could rub off easily, thanks Raymo.
I am trying to see if it is worth any money gain to buy the buffaloes at 20 cents and sell them or trade them back to the coin guy to get something else.
In this batch, I acid dated a 1913 D Type II (as you guys have verified) and have a 1913 D Type I as well that wasn't acid dated, but the coin guy must have missed this one. A close look definitely shows it as a 1913 D Type I. :)
P.S. I am trying this new buffalo acid date thing because I am averaging one silver half dollar for every four boxes I go through. So I'm giving that up for now.
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I found both the 13d and 13s type 2 coins from probably fewer than 100 dateless buffs, so it's definitely a good strategy of finding key dates. If you get the 13s type 2, the least you are getting for that on ebay is 20 bucks, and it goes up from there depending on how well the date was restored. |
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Great to know, thanks carnold! Any idea on the value of the 13d? I'll have to start pulling some S mints and try that out. At first I grabbed any random buffaloes... I might need to just look for mint marks
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Yours is actually one of the better acid-dated coins I've seen so I think you could definitely make a bit on it. It's really hard to predict ebay but looking at sold listings, it would seem like 5 bucks would be your floor for that coin and possibly quite a bit more depending on how the bidding goes. But yeah, if you have any dateless S mints absolutely acid-date those. The 13-s T2 gets 20 bucks MINIMUM on ebay. |
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I would agree with you and the others in the $5.00 range. Good luck
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Awesome! Thanks everyone for your help!
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