I'm sorry if I am posting this on the wrong forum. I have this 1935 Buffalo nickel that has this dark red/brown toning. If this is normal, I am sorry, it stuck out to me because it's the first buffalo I found with this type of toning.
I've seen this kind of environmental damage many times on Buffalo and Liberty V-Nickels . I guess it's the composition of .750 copper and .250 nickel. As soon as a bad environment gets to them they get ugly .
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