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Valued Member
Canada
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Hi all, I have several Buffalo nickels that have partial or no dates at all. I was wondering if any or all are worth keeping? Do the experts have a strategy or common practice for these? I have managed to identify some with other clues like the hair, but I'm not quite sure if I should keep, spend or investigate these dateless nickels even more. Don't want to use chemicals to try to bring up the date, and have found few resources to help with more clues to identify. Any suggestions and help would be much appreciated! Thanks Edited by Jess1234
03/28/2023 06:48 am
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Desperate and dateless buffs are best re circulated. In most cases, no way of knowing if they they are scarce mm / date combinations or not. Pick out just a few, that you think? may? have some value over a dollar or so; circulate the rest. Dateless buffs are normally AG03 or less, so they don't even make the RedBook value scales Sometimes, polarized or UV light may? be of dubious help to identify the date, but these instruments are more commonly in the possession of serious banknote collectors. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You can use die markers to narrow down the dates in some cases. I'm not familiar with them, but research this and other sites if you're interested.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Moderator
 United States
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Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here)See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) |
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Valued Member
United States
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This is what I do with them, then spend em'.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Alpha33:- That is what I see as positive action taken !
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Valued Member
 Canada
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Love what Alpha did with that Buffalo. Probably will get many newbies excited! Deceiving yet fun!
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Moderator
United States
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They make a good filler for the extra holes at the end of a Buffalo nickel album or folder. I know this because I have done this.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't collect them, so I keep the few dateless ones that I found in circulation decades ago just to have examples.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Thanks for all your replies. Truly appreciated!
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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I've occasionally found dateless Buffalo nickels in job lots of cheap coins I've bought in the UK, and I normally take them with me on my next trip to the USA and spend them. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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We sold thousands of dateless Buffs and AG/better Merc dimes to an outlet for a certain motorcycle clothing manufacturer, who made them into buttons
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Buyers will pay a little premium over face for dateless Buffalo nickels, and as mentioned they're used for a lot of different things. I generally just spend them myself, as I always hope it'll spark an interest in coins in a youngster out there. Here is one use (there's no way to be certain, but I suspect these are all dateless) - the markers on my pool table!    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a bag full of partial and dateless buffalos for the day I find a Mills 5c slot
machine I can afford. Been a few years, still looking!
Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Cool looking box!
Thanks to everyone for sharing!
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