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Bedrock of the Community
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IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Weakly struck, VF Details, ED
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Rest in Peace
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Blurry seller's pic. The strike actually is decent for San Francisco. There is a full rachis and calamus, LIBERTY is distinct, and the ribbons are complete. Fairly sharp detail on the horn, eye, bears, foreleg, and tail. The head, tail, "F" and "S" of FIVE CENTS are distinct from the rim. IMHO, at least mid-EF, maybe a bit better. The in-hand photos will be needed to figure out the coloration on the coin. For now, I see EF-45 or better, and no opinion yet on details/straight grade.
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I'm guessing on all these Buffalo's you got bargain pickups for the technical grading on these.
But they are all very mushy
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Without a doubt this 1918 s along with the 1917-D and 1919-D posted by Numismatic Student are all acid-treated, I think Coinhunter27 picked this up in the 1917-D thread. Some might call it a "pickled buffalo" if you will from the months long soak in concentrated acetic acid, it can restore most of the original details from the strike but they are mushy details and the surface will be porous and rough feeling to the touch. It is from dissolving some of the copper but leaving the nickel that brings those strike details back in a mushy way that is helped by the right lighting. Sometimes it is hard to believe that these started out as worn dateless Buffalo nickels. |
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Yes, these 3 buffaloes are from a nutty seller on the bay that states very upfront that his coins are pickled. He is also quite a character that you can't avoid if you are looking at buffaloes late at night. Think he does too many recreational drugs. Back in the day his coins looked like the ash that charcoal leaves after a barbecue, but oddly his coins look much better now. I was just wondering what he was doing so I picked up 3 inexpensive coins as a learning experience. He sells his stuff cheap, lets you know what they are, so I feel he is the opposite of a crook. I think it will be fun to see what he is doing and figuring out (maybe) how it is that he or she seems to be getting so much better at it that the coins look so almost original. He seems to be developing some pickling chops. I'll post pictures of the coins when they come in.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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I would be curious to see the pictures once they come in, I agree as far as bringing back from a dateless nickel these do seem to be quite good. They are almost always photographed behind the 2x2 so hard to get a sense on the surfaces so would be nice to hear what you find and if the lighting is generous in the pictures or a good representation of what you see in hand.
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