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Valued Member
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I was digging around cleaning when I came across six Buffalo nickels I must have gotten when I was a wee lad. I have a few questions about them as I am by no means an expert on these things. 1. are they even real? Not a single one of these Nickels have a date on them anywhere, is this simply due to their age or something different? 2. Almost all of also seem to have some sort of stamping error in the upper right corner of them (not sure how well that translated through the pictures let me know if I need to post better ones.) is this assumption correct if not what is it? 3. If the answer to question 2 is yes, does this error make them more valuable if so by how much? Any advice that can be offered on this matter would be greatly appreciated Thanks in advance.  This the best example of the stamping error (off-center stamp?) the rest of them have a similar thing in the same place just a lesser degree.   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***Edited by Webster
01/05/2018 2:24 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They are just well worn Buffalo nickels. They once had a date but it has worn off. |
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Dateless Buffalo nickles are not uncommon at all from being very worn. Can you post a picture of the "stamping error" you are referencing. Edited by scopru
01/05/2018 12:59 pm
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Edited in a closeup of the error upper right corner.
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Pillar of the Community
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Can you post a picture of the "stamping error" you are referencing I'm wondering if he's referencing the wider rim edge in the picture, around the forehead area of the face Edited by shotgung
01/05/2018 1:33 pm
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yes that is correct Shotgung.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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That's the area where the word LIBERTY was but now worn down to create that wide rim . Can you show us photos of the other side of those Nickels ?  |
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T-BOP thank you that makes a lot of sense I can still make LIBERTY out on a few of them, also added a picture of the reverse.
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Rest in Peace
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The date area and liberty are actually higher in the design than the rim. They were the first to wear out. The 1913 original design on the reverse had the Five cents on a raised area but was changed immediately to the sunken type because it wore away too quick. Why they didn't do the date...?
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Bedrock of the Community
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There were two type on the 1913 Nickels. So if you have the type 1 reverse then it is 1913  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Were these multiple types of mintage exclusive to 1913? if so would that be a way to confirm that they are from 1913 or at least narrow it down a bit?
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Rest in Peace
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1913 is the only date for 2 types. See above the two types. The mound type is the first type.
Look on the reverse for D or S for mint marks. An S, even if very worn, is worth a few bucks if type one.
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I enlarged the photo of the reverses and it looks like - maybe - there might be a 1913. The last two in the bottom row look like the buffalo is standing on a mound. But we really need a close-up of each coin.
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I just gave each a closer look and none of them are standing on a mound, (now that I figured out the difference) I can say that with as much confidence as a novice to buffalo's is able. Thank you for pointing that out though I learned something today.
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Aw, that's too bad. I was hopeful for a little while.
I have a little jar of dateless buffalos. I know they'll never be worth any more than five cents but ... well, there they are. I can't bring myself to get rid of them.
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