1913 Type 2 Buffalo Head Nickel Toned (My 2nd 1913)

eBay....yup. I was suspect of this particular one, but it's looking like it is authentic, but time will tell. Seller said these had been in rolls from years ago. They have 17,302 100% feedbacks, and only deal in coins. Must be doing something right.

Hello Frog. I have no idea what that is. Possibly as you said. I was thinking carbon spot from a small spit hit in past. These are mostly copper I believe. Just not messing with it. It will possibly cause no grade if declared damage. Conservation fix may be a choice being a unique toned coin. Again, the toning I am assuming is real. If not, all bets off. But I think it is. Spot is a mystery. Don't have the tools needed to really look close. Even if I did (microscope?) I still mat not know what it is or caused it. It is a great coin to view for sure, less that eye sore spot. Probably why the seller sold it. Thx

FOLLOW UP 2...I looked up conservation of coins. Only logical answer, I will send off to NCS, which will determine if it's fixable, and if so, they fix and send off to NGC for grading post correction of coin. Perfect. 4% of coins value is cost. Modern coins after 1955 is only $11. Not bad. But 4% of assigned value is good to. If it's worth say $500...then $20 fee. Reasonable, I'm in. Of course, fixable does not guarantee gradable, or higher grade. They won't correct mint induced conditions. So I assume if no damage, and it is mint issue, it can be graded, albeit, the chin spot will cause a visual grade drop I'm sure. Hope they can correct. We will see. Will let all know how it goes. All two of you thus far. lol

A couple side notes, with that knowledge (thanks Frog for being the catalyst to get me hopping :-)), I have other coins that may need conservation love. This is a great tool for that issue. For example, I have a beautiful 1909 VDB Wheat cent, that looks like it has an aqua green toning, but I believe it is a stain for sure. So if they clean that up, this coin will look outstanding.

Another similar 1909 wheat, has a ridiculous tone, great strike, but somehow, someone scraped a small portion of the tone/patina off the right stalk on the reverse. So you see this small bright copper spot against the perfect strike and tone. Very disappointing. No damage, just a small tone scrape away. So....on we go!

Hey Frog. Sorry about delay. Just things got busy rest of weekend. Anyway...regarding the metal content, I got my info from USACoin site. These are stats they gave, but maybe I'm missing something. Won't be the first time:

1913 Buffalo nickels
Indian Head Nickel - Ground Type
Mintage: 30,993,520 Minted at: Philadelphia ( no mint mark)
Designer - Engraver: James Earle Fraser Metal Composition: 75% Copper - 25% Nickel
Diameter: 21.2 mm Mass / Weight: 5 grams

Also...I will take some more pictures to see if I can capture that spot area, then post. It really is small, and does not look that bad. But impossible to see depth or any other issue to the naked eye. I will do my best. Ok...

Revised from last REPLY: I was able double two magnifying glasses with direct light on it. It does appear to be raised. At first I thought not. But it is. A couple of what look like pits are holes or openings in the material that is the spot. I can see toned metal in a couple of areas below that spot. So that is a good sign.

Nothing more I can tell/do. Too small. But at one angle I did get what I saw above. I am going to let conservation take a whack at it. Then we will know.

Thx Eagle. Will let all know the results when complete via NCS/NGC.