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OK...a few things...It was probably buried at one time in its life but don't attempt to clean it. It is suffering from environmental damage. Next, there is no doubt whatsoever that it is a 1914/13 overdate. The CherryPickers' Guide by Fivaz and Stanton as edited by Ellis, Fourth edition, Volume I lists it as FS#5c - 014.87 Believe it or not, it is scarce but more are turning up as people look for them. The environmental damage holds the value down a bit but this is probably a $200.00 (edited downward after I saw my typo) coin in this condition. Again, It is critical that you don't mess with it to clean it as that will reduce the value rather than enhance it. It is a nice find! Have Fun, Bill Edited by foundinrolls
07/01/2008 1:30 pm
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VERY nice find!  I wasn't aware of an buffalo 14/13 date! |
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I was not aware of this overdate either Thingee , until I ran across an article about it at the PCGS website. It was not even discovered until 1997, it went unnoticed for nearly 90 years ! Thanks for the confirmation Bill, I always try to get another opinion or two on some of these varieties - I don't always trust my eyes or my enthusiasm ! You are right about not cleaning this one, that color is embedded into the metal- I don't think anything would help it, it would only destroy it. I am guessing a Net Grade of VG with F details is about right on this one. Not a bad looking coin in hand- it looks more evenly dark purple and red than the pics show. After I saw that acid-dated net graded AG-G 18/17's and DDO 16's were going for 250-400 dollars at Heritage, I thought it might be good to get this one confirmed and maybe send it to ANACS. Thanks for your help ! |
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I would definitely submit to ANACS. Once in the holder, the coin will be protected. I'd say your coin grades in the VF level and obviously corroded. That is a great coin! Nice find.
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Great find. CONGRATS |
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There's something about overdates I just like--congrats!
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It was my understanding that this is a master die issue and that these were relatively common. At first they were a big issue, but I thought they had lost most of their attention by now.
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That's my understanding as well, which is why there are a multiple dies and they also come from at lest one of the other mints. I believe San Francisco, and I'm fairly sure that eventually they will be known from all three mints. I see the 4/3 as interesting but not an incredibly important coin.
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I don't know if the interest is high, and the article I read is a couple years old ( I read it last year sometime) The article did mention that they suspect that there would be some from each mint, but no S mints had been found at that time. When I went to heritage the other day, I only saw one 14/13 in the archives - it was MS and went for ...I want to say 8,000...I will have to investigate further. If anyone has a PCGS and/or NGC membership and can get some POP numbers on this coin -P, D , and S if possible- I would be very grateful
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Hi,
Yep, They are still considered scarce but by no means rare. As I alluded to, more are being found all the time. Still, it's a high interest coin as the overdate is a fairly obvious one.
Years ago, It might have paid for 8 tanks of gas in a Buick, today it might pay for a tank and a half :-)
Have Fun,
Bill
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