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New Life For Dateless Buffalos

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The using vinegar to restore dates on Buffalos thread moved me to give it a try.

My wife picked up a few coins and a US note as Christmas presents for me. The
shop owner followed the tradition of giving old US coins in change. Usually no
date Buffalo 5¢ or worn out Indian Head 1¢. The coins are only worth their
face value of course and generate goodwill. She handed me two Buffs with no dates.

I studied both pieces with a 10X loupe and there was no hint of a date or MM.

What the heck, the Buffs are only worth 5¢ so in they went for a vinegar bath on
2/15.

Today under my loupe Presto! A 1919 and a 1916. The '16 is not a DDO. Both Buffs have taken on a brownish hue. I'll leave them in until I
can read the dates and check for MMs with no magnification.
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I just tried the same thing on some dateless buffaloes. It took about a week of soaking. As a bonus, I guess, I had two buffaloes with the dark brown, almost black corrosion on them. The vinegar soak removed the corrosion. Of course, the coins have been altered, but they were worthless to begin with.
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ok so I just didn't leave mine under the H3C-COOH long enough... A week it is then. I have one dateless nickel that wants a date.

-SWUSC
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Ill give you 10 cents for every dateless buffalo you get
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I just received in the mail a price list of buffaloes. One listing is of a 1916 DDO with a restored date/coin. Not sure from the description whether only the date has been restored or the entire coin has been subjected to restoration---a la buffalo reincarnations.

The price was over 2300 dollars. Anyone here think this is reasonable? Would you spend that for a restored 1916DDO?
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02/24/2009 05:45 am
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NO NO NO NO NO and NO
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They make nice fillers but I wouldn't pay any more than I would for a holed or damaged filler!
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I get dateless buffs from my coin shop for 15¢ each. I got about a dozen a week ago and dropped the right into vinegar. Today I've got a 1916, 1918, two 1920s and a 1935. They do make excellent fillers. Also, if I want, he'll buy them back for 25¢ if they have all 4 digits readable.
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ok so I just didn't leave mine under the H3C-COOH long enough... A week it is then. I have one dateless nickel that wants a date.

-SWUSC


That is Acedic Acid. Vinegar is 4% to 8% of that mixed with water. The stronger the Acedic percentage, the faster that will work.
I'd never buy a restored dated one. To many chances the date was tampered with and when that worn, not to easy to see alterations.
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