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I know this won't be popular among the old guard but at the same time I know many of you would want to follow along. I have 46 dateless Buffalo nickels I pulled out of my local coin stores Buffalo nickel bucket ($0.25 each). I only chose ones with a D or S mint mark. Going to attempt to pull out the date chemically to see what I get. Will post my results when I'm done. Final Results: 1913P Var 1 - 2 1913-D Var 1 - 1 1013-D Var 2 - 1 1914D - 1 1914S - 1 1915D - 1 1916P - 1 1916D - 10 1917D - 2 1917S - 1 1918P - 1 1918D - 6 1919D - 2 1919S - 2 1920P - 1 1920D - 1 1920Sish - 1 1921S - 1 1924D - 1 1925P - 1 1925D - 1 1926D - 1 1928S - 1 1934 D - 1 1916D/S (Acid ate through the mintmark, not sure what it is) - 1 Unknown/Date didn't restore - 3 Takeaway, definitely works. You don't have to overdo the acid. Solid toothpick dipped in a blob and spread on the date spot is enough. 10-30 seconds works for most nickels and the acid does not work well on the mint mark. I wouldn't advise using it to clean up mint marks at all.  Edited by Hordfest
05/09/2023 12:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Good luck like to see how it turns out
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Good start. First one is a 1914D! Needed one of those for the album. :)  |
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Rather clean 1916D date came through  |
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Edited by Hordfest
05/08/2023 7:54 pm
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Wow! A 1921S. That was unexpected.   |
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Guys I'm out!! 1913D recessed Mound! Hard to get a photo but it's definitely a 3!!   Edited by Hordfest
05/08/2023 8:28 pm
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Final Results:
1913P Var 1 - 2
1913-D Var 1 - 1
1013-D Var 2 - 1
1914D - 1
1914S - 1
1915D - 1
1916P - 1
1916D - 10
1917D - 2
1917S - 1
1918P - 1
1918D - 6
1919D - 2
1919S - 2
1920P - 1
1920D - 1
1920Sish - 1
1921S - 1
1924D - 1
1925P - 1
1925D - 1
1926D - 1
1928S - 1
1934 D - 1
1916D/S (Acid ate through the mintmark, not sure what it is) - 1
Unknown/Date didn't restore - 3
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Pretty nice! I wish we could have had a before then the after..
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Pretty nice! I wish we could have had a before then the after.. Yea I should have at least a few before. My bad |
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Thats ok, I do that all the time, I start and finish a project, then think afterwards to photograph the progress..
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Nice results!  |
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 Wondering how you ended up "P" mint marks when you said you started out with only D & S mint marks? Anyhow, my Father gave me a bag of dateless that I nic a dated back in the mid 80's and mostly completed my folder with the harder to find dates. Thirty years later when I pulled this childhood collection out and looked at them closely, the dated had disappeared again.......................... I have since gotten rid of any acid dated. Better dates like 13S type 2 can turn a profit after ebay fees. Edited by ratman4762
05/09/2023 2:10 pm
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Wondering how you ended up "P" mint marks when you said you started out with only D & S mint marks? Was wondering if anybody was going to notice that. I guess on a few of then I was just blind. I looked through well over a couple thousand buffalo's so I must have seen a few phantoms! |
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Bravo, very good results, I would say.
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Posted 05/08/2023 7:19 pm
1914S freed from obscurity!
