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Pillar of the Community
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Interesting flow of material - I haven't seen this on a Buffalo. VLDS...or something else? Thanks!   |
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what the heck is wrong with that reverse?! (I would use the tornado emoji on here but theres a severe storm and I dont want to jinx it)
Tooling maybe?!
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes, watch for the green skies. Play it smart and safe!
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Funny story- a severe thunderstorm was rolling through here and all of a sudden I here the siren... I about had a heart attack, but then the siren stopped. It was just the emergency personal siren. Close one!
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Glad it was a false alarm.
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Rest in Peace
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So getting back to that Zombie Buffalo .  |
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What do you think Tony? It does look ghostly.
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Either road kill or someone dipped the whole coin in acid . PMD |
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I was thinking that acid could have been introduced to the reverse. Like scalloped sections on the coin. But obverse just shows wear. Here's a close-up of the underbelly.  |
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Maybe a nickel plated nickel. |
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Pillar of the Community
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A couple more close-ups.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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I was putting away some recent finds and stumbled on this nickel again. Still wondering what caused the weird activity on the reverse. Any thoughts? Much appreciated.
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OK, an update provided to us from fellow enthusiast TypeCoin971793 who was kind enough to offer to hand carry the coin to a local coin show. He met with Bill Fivaz briefly to show the coin. As TypeCoin's suggested to me, the coin was exposed to acid to create the peculiar look. Unlike other acid etched coins I've gathered coin roll hunting (dimes and cents), the nickel was affected differently; uneven erosion of material. Anyway, my first nickel specimen affected by acid. I don't search quarters or halves, so I suspect this will complete the trifecta of my acid affected coins in my collection.
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Perhaps it was covered in gunk that protected the raised areas from the initial acid treatment.
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I was thinking about it too. Thought maybe it was how the acid was introduced (dropper). Perhaps it was just in the lower fields affecting the devices there.  Or just a drop here and there. Strange how it left raised material. |
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