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I'm bidding on this. Slabbed coin that I've verified. Back leg of buffalo appears to be partially missing. I looked at a bunch of other 38-D coins and saw some with weaker strikes in this area, but none as weak as this. Possibly a result of the lighting. Reverse rub appears to be on the holder. Comments? if I get the coin, or the auction ends, I'll post the grade.   Edited by Blastenpene4
02/17/2024 09:28 am
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Definitely some die wear and radial flow on that coin. One thing I learned recently looking at proofs. Sometimes reflections from inside a plastic capsule can appear to cancel out or erase features. In my case, it was stars on a Kennedy reverse. At first I was super excited, but then I saw it on another coin by that seller, and realized it was reflections combined with camera software. Regardless, that is a super nice Buffalo nickel. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Could this be a grease issue?
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to me the that leg looks like it was polished down on the die and not from strike or possibly grease strikethrough. if it was strike you would see other areas around it with weakness and its just not there. I not an expert on die state but this one looks LDS. the foremost feather, which I think is noted as feather one, shows signs of polishing
i'll go with MS64...fortcollins where are you?
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I found another example that shows weakness in the rear leg, but it's at the hoof, not the leg itself. Also, the strike on FIVE CENTS and the mintmark is very muddy as contrasted with the coin I'm bidding on. This reference coin slabbed at MS67, which surprises me a bit. Just looks like a weak strike to me - mound is just a blob and his hooves are poorly defined. Frankly, the more I look at the coin I'm bidding on, the more I wonder how much of this is lighting and reflections. Worth going for, IMHO, so I'm in it to win it, but at a price I feel is fair.  Edited by Blastenpene4
02/17/2024 11:33 am
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It does look like a Greaser or possibly an over polished die issue. |
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The leg is a shallower part of the die detail so it could be easily over polished.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Unable to grade from those photos.
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Coin is slabbed, so I'm not so much concerned about grading. I'm more interested in the apparently weak or missing back leg.
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Coin is slabbed, so I'm not so much concerned about grading. You have this in the grading forum. Maybe move this over to the general category. |
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I'll guess that it's the photography. The color and legends look weird, and the back of the bison looks weak too, like around the tail.
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Point taken, IGE. Didn't think of that, but I guess this might fall more into the error category. Just really hard to say given the sellers' pictures. If I get it, I'll post new pictures. Regardless, once the auction ends, I'll post the slabbed grade.
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blast if its weak strike then enlighten me how the surrounding areas are not affected by it including the rim right next to it? if you have a legit reason as to how that occurred i'll change my assessment. either way it doesn't effect the coins grade though
the second one you posted I'm going with die polishing and yours being a later die state I'm saying it was even more polishing in that area
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I don't think for a minute the coin I'm bidding on is a weak strike. I think it's a heavily polished die, which is what interests me in this coin. The sample I posted is just for comparison. The sample is an obviously weak strike surprisingly graded at MS 67. I'm seeing an interesting coin worth bidding on within reason for the coin I'm bidding on.
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02/18/2024 8:03 pm
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Good luck! Not particularly a fan from what I can see.
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Posted 02/17/2024 10:24 am
