19? Buffalo Nickel -The App Says AU - Error?

Delete every single grading app you have on your phone right now. They are ALL horrendous.

The only thing this nickel is ........ is destroyed.

That is a psychedelic looking bison. Unfortunately not worth much in that condition.

Extreme PMD.

Never trust those apps. They're horrible. Get rid of that app. It's useless. What you have here, is a badly damaged Buffalo nickel. Definitely not AU either.

Hey Levi2487, any chance that you could tell us which "App" you used? That way we can more pointedly warn others about the pitfalls of using it. Thanks!

First,

What's left of the ribbons narrows it down a little bit. It's Obverse Design Variety 007 with a Denver mint mark, so it has to be 1926-D, 1927-D, 1928-D, 1929-D, 1934-D, 1936-D, or 1937-D. The remnant of the last digit of the date looks more like a 7 than anything else, so it could be 1927-D or much more likely 1937-D.

Obviously it is damaged beyond collector value, but it's still a nice novelty item to show friends. The AI apps aren't anywhere near a level of sophistication that can be useful to collectors yet. Somewhere down the road, with far better camera resolution, they may be useful in identifying die pair or other characteristics, but we're a long way from that now.