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Reviving this thread, with a humble pass by myself, 1buff2many & Ty2020 to modernize the 2006 rarity scale from the late Ron Pope - based on not only the updated graded population but also our own picking and personal non-graded 2F collections. Hope this is helpful for those who have caught the 2 feather buffalo bug. The URS scale for reference can also be found below. Our counts include data through late 2023 and include 2+F and 2HF. Year Rarity 1916 S - 6 1923 P - 6 1913 S Type 1 - 7 1915 D - 7 1920 D - 7 1926 D - 7 1913 P Type 1 - 8 1917 P - 8 1917 D - 8 1920 S - 8 1925 D - 8 1927 D - 8 1928 S - 8 1915 P - 9 1918 P - 9 1919 P - 9 1919 D - 9 1919 S - 9 1921 S - 9 1927 S - 9 1930 S - 9 1937 D - 9 1913 D Type 1 - 10 1917 S - 10 1918 S - 10 1920 P - 10 1921 P - 10 1929 S - 10 1916 P - 12 1925 S - 12 
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Thank you for expanding and updating the table. This sort of shared knowledge makes CCF the best coin forum on the Internet.
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If you'd like additional data, here are the few that I've found over the past few years:
1915-P 1916-P x2 (one also missing designer initial) 1917-P x4 1917-S 1918-P 1918-S x3 1919-P x2 1920-P 1920-D x2 1921-P 1925-D 1925-S 1927-S 1928-S
I found these at coin shows / online auctions. I also look through Whitman folders for them and buy the whole lot if I have to - have done that a couple of times. Still looking!
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Thanks for the updated list. Very helpful! I'm fortunate enough to have the only 1923 graded by NGC as 2 feathers. It's a low AG03 grade but it is what it is.
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@Tonyqt would love to see a photo of that AG03 1923! So few can be found, it would be a great reference point.
@mikev50 was your 1913-S won a few months ago at a Heritage auction? If so, I was bidding against you on that one! Capped out on what I was willing to spend, but the final hammer $ was still approachable given the rarity.
If 2 Feather varieties got half the attention of the 3-leggers... maybe some day.
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Here is the 1923 2 feather I have.  
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Quote: two that I have--- Quote: Here is the 1923 2 feather I have. Nice examples! 
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