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Valued Member
United States
66 Posts |
Does anyone have a good way to bring the date up on this Buffalo nickel. I think it says 1920 but I'm uncertain. *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Please show us a close-up of the date area with the pic posted right-side up.  to the CCF! |
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Moderator
 United States
56855 Posts |
A product called Nic-A Date John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
Since there is no mint mark it's not worth the effort to see the date. Nic-A Date will do the job BUT that would devalue the coin even more. Right now it's worth about face value. |
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
5172 Posts |
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Please show us a close-up of the date area with the pic posted right-side up.  From the pics in the OP, it sure looks like 1920 to me, though I guess it could be 1921. I vaguely recall that there's also a ribbon-based method to identify 1920 (and 1921) - something about ribbon waviness, IIRC? - but I can't recall offhand what it is. In any case, 1920-plain is one of the most common dates (63 million mintage), so would not be worth much one way or another. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
It is a 1920. Not worth restoring.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
8938 Posts |
value 15c |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
That is a 1920 no question, no need to damage it trying to restore the full date.
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
To tell you the truth the Nickel your asking about already looks like it had a full acid bath . If so , you'll never get 4 complete digits from it . But it does look like a 1920 .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10635 Posts |
it's way too washed out with the lighting, but it does look very excessively cleaned considering the wear it's showing. There are many, many buffalos roaming around out there... try to find better ones with good readable dates. Happy hunting! |
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Valued Member
 United States
66 Posts |
Thanks for all the information you are giving me it is a great hel
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Forum Mom
United States
5877 Posts |
It's definitely 1920. I wouldn't restore it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
As so many have said, not worth the trouble to restore date.
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Posted 10/23/2019 10:13 am
