Milestone - Purchased Buffalo Key

Congrats on completing your set!
As for the 2 holes, have you considered just filling them with similar coins from those years? The dates would match and the album would have the appearance of being complete. Just a thought.

I am sure he has a Dansco Album, not a Dansco Folder.

IMHO, it is a folder, even though Dansco labeled it an Album; I can see the coin openings through the cover. The buyer called it a folder in the title and description; he may be someone that knows the difference. But you are right, I have not seen it in person either, so more evidence or feedback is needed.

I also think that one pre-dates the creation of what we call albums today; it might be worth having just for nostalgic reasons!

Congrads! How long have you been trying to complete the set?

I received an old Whitman folder of Buffalos with the coin collection my Mother left me about four years ago. It was around half full with only one semi-key. I think the design on the Buffalo nickel, both sides of the coin, are classics. I love this nickel! I decided to try and complete the set thinking that Buffalo nickels couldn't cost all that much. Heck I used to get them in change back in the fifties and sixties. As it turns out they were pretty expensive in F-12 or better and some of the keys like 1931-S, 1924 and 26-D, 1918-S&D, 1921-S, 1914-D and the 1913-D&S Type 2 were VERY expensive in a decent circulated grade. I have well over a thousand dollars invested in completing the set. I used ebay where auction action on non-acid dipped buffalos was fierce, my local coin store bid board, and retailers like H. Berk. I think it was a pretty good challenge.

I like the suggestion to fill the two error coin holes in my Dansco with real Buffalos. I will use a real 1918 or 1917 for the over date and a 1937-D for the three legged. I may also paint over the labels for these holes and make the album look complete. It will be about three weeks and I promise that I will take pictures of the whole album, obverses and reverses and post it. I really appreciate all the suggestions and the nice words of congratulations.

Good call! I like your chosen idea better than my suggestion of using dateless Nickels.
I would not paint over the label since that could go wrong. Maybe you can colour match a vinyl sticker to trim and cover those two labels?

Okie

As a fellow Buffalo hunter, congratulations on the full set. I am about 15 short myself -- as you might expect, it's the harder S's and D's that I am still working on. I don't have the 18/17-D or the Three Legger yet, but I figure I will likely go after those last although I appreciate your purist view on those coins.
How long did it take you?

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