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What Grade Would You Give These BufFAO Nickels, 1917-D And 1923?

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 Posted 04/23/2018  11:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add KenBerthiaume to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Maybe I should send them both back. Probably paid too much. What do you think they're worth? Hate to send them back when it was mostly my mistake in overbidding.
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 Posted 04/23/2018  12:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Slider23 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I looked up your coins on ebay sold. You need the 1923 to grade MS64 and the 1917 D to grade AU 50 to recover your purchase price. If the 17D gets a AU details grade, you lose a $100. There may be a chance the 17D has been cleaned, look at the hairlines in the fields all going the same direction.

When spending over $150 on a coin, I do not like buying coins raw from photo. You will be money ahead in the long run buying $150 plus coins graded by NGC or PCGS.

Send them back and chalk it up to experience.
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If the 1917-D is an "AU details", does that mean it gets the AU50 price? Some were saying on here it's MS62 or MS63 which in auctions anyway, is pretty high, about $400-$500. I paid $200, I think.

I had thought the 17D was about MS60 and the 1923 was MS63 or higher. The photos on the "PCGS" grading sight show MS63 with a much weaker buffalo and weaker Indian face than the 1923 I bought. I guess that is only one part of the equation.
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If the 1917-D is an "AU details", does that mean it gets the AU50 price?


No, AU details will typically sell for less than a AU50 straight grade. Two 17D AU Details at HA sold in 2017 for $94 and $97.

If you like to gamble, send them in for grading. If the 17D gets a AU 58, you make a nice score.
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