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Hello, going through my childhood coin collection and realized that One nickel stood out to me. Never seen a copper buffalo b4, read of one Instance , reported as a unique. Anyone have info? No date, but pretty sure It's copper.  |
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 to CCF. We will need much better photos front and back. I have never heard or read about a copper Buffalo nickel.Post better pics and one of our pros will chime in. John1  |
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Lots of old nickels (buffalos and Jeffersons) get a brown color, generally from being in the ground or chemicals/minerals.
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Pillar of the Community
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I have seen plenty of nickels with corrosion that look copperish.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Stillaz1, to CCF. A better picture of the obverse and reverse would help. Can you give an actual weight and diameter?. |
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Here's another photo, with another buff for compare, best I could get it. I will pull out a better camera tonight  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like it was buried for decades.
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Pillar of the Community
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Interesting read.
I would love to hear that you have got a real rarity.
But considering the wear it would be very unlikely that a test our pattern coin would be accidentally circulated and not noticed for that long...
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Yeah, I know it's prob wishful thinking, but I have a hundred Buffalo nickels, and some a " brown" color, but this coins color is copper, very striking color, and the patina on it yells copper, and it is uniform. Oh, and I found it in a coin roll , my grandfather collected this when he was young, and it came to me as a boy. This coin was in a coin roll for 30 + years. |
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I still think it was buried. Only an XRF reading will tell for sure as the two planchets weigh almost the exact same.
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Thank you for the link,I learned something new. John1 |
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United States
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What is the date and mintmark? Just curious.
Edit: Sorry, missed the part in the first post saying there is no date.
Edited by rking007
04/18/2016 8:32 pm
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 With TypeCoin , ground find or salt water. Environmental damage . I've seen this before . also you can see the green corrosion on the reverse .  |
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The lnk is wrong about oe thing, the 1920 they show is not the only full weight copper buffalo there is at least one or possibly two more. But they are 1913's and were pattern pieces created during the processes that lead to the adoption of the Buffalo nickel. I believe one of them is still in the Eric Newman collection. It had been in the custom holder that was made for the 1913 V nickels back when Col Green owned them. |
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