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USSID18 Pillar of the Community 5464 Posts	Posted 01/07/2018 1:57 pm Has anyone ever heard of a Buffalo Black Beauty?... Neither have I. I've had this for years in an old Whitman album. Thought I'd run it past you guys. My first thought was chemical, environmental damage or someone took a blow torch to him. The edge seems to show nickel. Not sure if the Black Beauty specs calls for the black to go through-and-through the coin? Your thoughts... * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 01/07/2018 2:12 pm It's simply toning of a deep coloration. Black Beauties can be created without much skill by baking a nickel in a little oil for a period of time. Those fake black beauties are on ebay pretty frequently. As such, the appeal for black colored nickels has not been too great. Report this Post to the Staff
Mark1959 Pillar of the Community 7234 Posts	Posted 01/07/2018 2:26 pm Annealing is just the heating of the metal then cooling it slowly and the dark color is only on the surface from over heating. I never heard of a black beauty Buffalo but I imagine someone could make one in their work shop. Here's one I made to prove the point - used torches and let air cool, you can see the scratch I made into it is silver colored. Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 01/07/2018 2:36 pm Anyone wanna scratch your Black Beauty? Oh for the sake of Science even? No takers? Didn't think so... Report this Post to the Staff
Mark1959 Pillar of the Community 7234 Posts	Posted 01/07/2018 2:45 pm LOL - not to worry - this nickle had a few other "experiments" done to to obverse! Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 01/07/2018 3:51 pm That could be one of mine. Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 01/07/2018 3:53 pm Geez Mark, that is one fantastic multiple error! Report this Post to the Staff
T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 01/07/2018 5:20 pm Tom ,your Buffalo is not a Black Beauty . Report this Post to the Staff
USSID18 Pillar of the Community 5464 Posts	Posted 01/07/2018 5:37 pm Thanks Tony! Hey Mark- That's the way I clean my coins! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 01/07/2018 8:00 pm Looks like it has solder on it an roasted with a torch Mark. PSD for sure. Report this Post to the Staff
garys64wildcat Pillar of the Community United States 593 Posts	Posted 01/11/2018 5:31 pm I ran in the Black beauties several times from Shield to the V`s, Buffalos and Jeffersons and other coins with similar alloys. Clad coins do that also I had a bunch of Buffalo and Jeffs when Dads lounge burned down and the nickel slot machines still had the coins but most were melted together and the few I saved were black toned. I had several pounds we took to the bank. 1959 was fire date The best find was a 1890 CC Morgan the fell between a crack in the bar stools Report this Post to the Staff
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