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daviscfad Pillar of the Community United States 4541 Posts	Posted 09/06/2008 10:57 pm Quote: I am shocked with the condition of older halves as well. Seems like people used halves back in the day, but they don't anymore. Thats because you could buy a lot with 50 cent back then...You have to carry to many Halves around to buy anything anymore... Halves weigh to much to carry around 5 or 10 dollars worth I think... Thats why I think the dollar coin is a Failure now! People back in the day could buy a lot and most people I dont think had 5 dollar bills or 10 or 20s... so therefore the coins were used more. Quote: No but I'd check it out. Gotta link? I dunno if they will let me post it but just google it. Report this Post to the Staff
clembo Valued Member United States 442 Posts	Posted 09/06/2008 11:29 pm Quote: i dunno if they will let me post it but just google it. No problem I found it. Will check it out in the next few. clembo Report this Post to the Staff
clembo Valued Member United States 442 Posts	Posted 09/06/2008 11:35 pm Quote: I've been getting 25 to 35 cents on the dollar for Buffalo nickels that I've used vinegar on to bring back the date. It leaves a more pleasant look than Nic-A-date or similar. I just recovered a 1913D tyII that way and as it is a reeeeallly desireable date it may go for as much as $55-60; all that for a coin purchased for .25. And before anyone flips, I totally disclose that they are chemically altered/altered surface type coins when I sell them. A little help on the process BQ? Is it a soak that I could do in batches and YES I would fully disclose as well. Heck, I've got access to hundreds of dateless buffalos cheap. Report this Post to the Staff
Kabiye_Lady Pillar of the Community United States 581 Posts	Posted 09/07/2008 01:17 am About everyone doing disclosures about it being altered chemically.... I thought you could tell when you used nic-a-date? My understanding was that there would be a small "stain" around where you used it? Or can you really do nic-a-date and it looks "natural"? Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 09/08/2008 12:00 pm But if you soak the whole coin the whole coin will look the same, there won't be any "discolored spot". And I think the nickel would have a ore natural appearance from a soak in vinegar than it would from the nik-a-date. Report this Post to the Staff
mycrob Pillar of the Community United States 2602 Posts	Posted 09/09/2008 11:07 am My view on restoring dates to dateless buffalos is to only do it on coins that clearly have a mint mark on the reverse, since all the Philly coins are commons for the most part. True, though, you will miss the possible rare 16/16 and 14/13. One can buy dateless buffalos for 20-25 cents apiece or less, restore dates and probably get one or two tougher dates. Use them as fillers, sell the extras and eventually you could get enough money from the extras to upgrade your fillers. The only key date that I haven't seen from restorations is 31S. Report this Post to the Staff
murty Pillar of the Community United States 1353 Posts	Posted 09/09/2008 11:22 am I have used coin date and the dates do come up. Just found 1918/7-d See photo All comments welcome! Report this Post to the Staff
coinguybrian Rest in Peace United States 5375 Posts	Posted 09/09/2008 12:07 pm Jeez, 10 cents on the dollar? That's terrible. Report this Post to the Staff
murty Pillar of the Community United States 1353 Posts	Posted 09/09/2008 1:07 pm A couple of more hard to get buffaloes with coind date 1914-d,1914-s] Image: 14df.jpg 80.86 KB Image: 14db.jpg 80.09 KB Image: 14sf.jpg 88.37 KB Image: 14sb.jpg 91.1 KB Report this Post to the Staff
murty Pillar of the Community United States 1353 Posts	Posted 09/09/2008 2:42 pm bgcoins, I have a 1918/7-d...do you think it has some value? Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 09/25/2008 5:23 pm Quote: I have used coin date and the dates do come up. Just found 1918/7-d ! That's great! Quote: I have a 1918/7-d...do you think it has some value? Absolutely! G4's start at approx. $1200. I bought one on ebay couple years ago that was being sold as a 1918/7-D? The couple selling it was not sure. I won bid for $565. PCGS has since certified it VG10! swcoin.ecrater.com Edited by vermontensium 09/25/2008 5:25 pm Report this Post to the Staff
daviscfad Pillar of the Community United States 4541 Posts	Posted 09/25/2008 5:49 pm aight I sent you an email Report this Post to the Staff
SHAFTA9a Bedrock of the Community Canada 10743 Posts	Posted 09/25/2008 7:24 pm PM sent. Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 09/25/2008 7:41 pm Sounds good Steve! I'll take one. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 09/25/2008 7:48 pm Forgot to add this, friend gave me a dateless Buffalo. Used Nik-a-date I just bought. I have never used this stuff before. Wow! Date comes quick. It was a 1917. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
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