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3-Legged 1937-D Buffalo Nickel - Grading

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 Posted 03/21/2024  5:32 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add PaulyD to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi All,

Can I get a grading opinion on this guy. I'm thinking VF-30-ish?

Thanks in advance!

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 Posted 03/21/2024  5:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Marv65 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm going with F12
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 Posted 03/21/2024  5:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'll up to VF-20.
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 Posted 03/21/2024  5:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add paralyse to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Questionable authenticity. Has the overall appearance of a cast counterfeit example.
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 Posted 03/21/2024  5:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add westernsky to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Real, possibly cleaned, F15 or thereabouts.
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 Posted 03/21/2024  6:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cointagous to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
F-15 imo.
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 Posted 03/21/2024  6:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add PaulyD to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks all
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 Posted 03/21/2024  6:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add HondoB to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
From Heritage Auctions: Wonderful 1937-D Three-Legged Buffalo nickel, PCGS MS66 - One of the Finest Examples Known
Compare known markers described there to PaulyD's coin.
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 Posted 03/21/2024  7:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm not convinced this one is genuine. The back leg does not match the PCGS genuine marker photo. Couple other features on the missing leg also do not look right.

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The issue for me is the overall roughness of OP's coin, particularly in the date, designer's initial, etc.

The markers are there (weak back leg, eroded neck, die markers under belly, EPU is not touching buffalo) but the overall appearance of the coin is just a bit off. It seems to be a bit "crude" by way of comparison.

I don't think it's an altered 1937-D, for sure, but I am slightly suspicious of the coin as a whole.
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 Posted 03/22/2024  02:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'll go with Fine.
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 Posted 03/22/2024  06:50 am  Show Profile   Check Zurie's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Zurie to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It looks genuine to me—all the markers are present. I'd say F-15.
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 Posted 03/22/2024  06:54 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tonyqt to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
100% real. I'll say F15
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if authentic I think the reverse is VF20 and the obv maybe a tad higher which should hold the overall grade to VF20. I can't get it above 20 though

in any case the coin should be authenticated and slabbed to confirm what you have and its possible value
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 Posted 03/22/2024  1:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add PaulyD to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks again everyone for the comments and opinions
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