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Valued Member
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Does anyone know how to spot a restored date on a Buffalo nickel? Or can you not really tell? Thanks |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There is usually a small circle around the date that has a rougher texture then the rest of the coin. It depends a lot on who did the acid trick on how noticeable it is.
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United States
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You can tell. They restore the date using acid and you will see a definite mark around the date. It is quite ugly :) Do a search on ebay for buffalo restored date and you can look at the pics. Edited by Norcal Jim
01/25/2008 12:51 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There is a pronounced difference in color. I've never seen a restored date Buff that I would consider buying just to fill a hole in an album...
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Thanks guys, I just wasn't sure about them and didn't want to jump off the deep end. I wasn't even sure if you could be certain that the date was correct or they could just put any old date they wanted on it.
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United States
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Restoring a date on a Buffalo nickel works because the date and the metal around the date are a little different in density because of the pressures applied during minting. The acid acts on them at different rates, giving the appearance of "raising" the date. I've never used commercial date restorer solutions, but the home-made concoction my uncle gave me forty years ago always discolored the nickel, but there is no reasonable way that someone could "fake" the restored date. What you see is what was there. |
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Sort of smart people that use acid or nickadate stuff to restore a date on a coin, also treat the entire coin with the stuff. This will discolor the coin completely but certain chemicals will render the discoloration to a minimum. If done properly, the date will be only faint and the overall of the coin will appear as a well worn Nickel. Many, many have bought those without ever knowing.
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Check out the odds and ends boxes at a show and you'll probably find a dealer that has some after a short while. I think some dealers do that to dateless buffs just to see if they have anything good and then dump what they don't want into those boxes.
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Posted 01/25/2008 12:50 am
