For Grading - 1937 D Buffalo Nickel

Luster and rainbow is great . LDS , MS-65+ .

Yeah now that I'm scrutinizing the photos again I agree Mid to high AU . Reverse edges tell the story . Still I believe it's a soft strike coin .

Later die state and some strike weakness. Looks like there may be some light breaks in luster at the high points on this one. I've got a handful of examples with this same toning. This one likely came out of one of the Wayte Raymond boards. I can see this one anywhere from AU58- MS63. If it saw circulation, it was brief.

tough call. maybe fortcollins will chime in on this one to give us some wise insight. it does look like a LDS. my first thought was AU due to the missing luster on the high points of the Buff

obverse toning is quite nice. I dislike toning on almost all coins as many tend to move to the black over decades but this series have some beautiful golds.

Imo me it looks like the coin was in an album for a long period allowing the obverse to tone like this and what I'm seeing on the high points of the Buff is rub from being in the album which has removed some of the luster in those areas.

I'm at MS63

Interesting 1937-D! Totally useless trivia. This coin came from the same die pairing that produced the finest known 1937-D (the PCGS poster child MS-68). (Definitely NOT in this die state, but the same pairing.) In addition to the deep polishing marks between the rear legs, here's the unique reverse die scratch marker for this pairing:


IMHO, VLDS obverse and reverse, combined with a slightly weak strike. There is also quite a bit of Machine Doubling on the obverse (note the second feather and "3" in the date).

The discoloration on the reverse does not look like circulation. It looks like the sulfur interaction from an album. I agree with @Ty2020b and @panzaldi, this is a Wayte Raymond coin. There may be just enough album rub to knock it to AU-58.

Very nicely toned coin.

Fantastic analysis fortcollins, I enjoyed reading that!