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New Member
United States
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Buffalo nickels - No Date - Any opinion on grade and value greatly appreciated.  
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1291 Posts |
I think it's a violation of some sort of law to assign a grade to a coin whose date cannot be determined. CCF members who attempt to assign grades to dateless coins have been known to disappear in the middle of the night, never to be heard from again. I'm pretty certain however, that the obverse nickel on the left is a 1920. If so, it would probably go as FR-2. Are the reverses oriented so that they are under the correct obverses? In other words, does the lower left reverse belong to the upper left obverse, or have you flipped them? Dateless Buffalo nickels with no dates and no mint mark generally go for betwen 10 and 15 cents each. If it has a mint mark it can go for a little more. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1409 Posts |
Agreed on the prices quoted above. My dealer sells me MM dateless at .16 each.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
564 Posts |
Yep 10 cents each if you find someone who wants them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1291 Posts |
Afcop13: Do you want to double your money? I'll buy EVERY no date MM'd Buffalo you can get your hands on from that dealer for .32 cents each.
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New Member
 United States
20 Posts |
"Are the reverses oriented so that they are under the correct obverses? In other words, does the lower left reverse belong to the upper left obverse, or have you flipped them?"
I doubled checked and they are oriented correctly.
Edited by SignOfConstantAbuse
08/15/2010 12:23 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1291 Posts |
Sign: Okay. I asked that question because one of them has a mint mark. If the mint mark belonged to the one I think is a 1920, then it has no value beyond that of a dateless "P" nickel (at least not to me). If it belongs with the other nickel, the one it's positioned under, then it's worth more because it holds the potential to be a key or semi-key.
One more thing: Look closely under the Indian's chin on the coin on the right. Is that just some sort of gouge or is it a clash mark? Maybe like the word UNUM from the reverse, but upside down?
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New Member
United States
43 Posts |
If it's a clash mark, that might identify the date.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
750 Posts |
Sure would identify it.. 1914/3 perhaps?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1291 Posts |
Perhaps. More likely to be a 17-S or 18-D, however...
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Valued Member
United States
66 Posts |
These coins are some of my favorites and unfortunately more and more buffalo's are like this and not dated or in very good shape. I know this because I am currently putting a set together, I want to get at least on Buffalo from each year in EF+ condition.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You could do as I did. Check around for kids that are starting coin collecting and just give them to them. Ask friends, relatives, etc and if they have a kid interested in coins, might make for a really big smile.
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Valued Member
United States
186 Posts |
Yup.... those are sliders.... ha ha
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3278 Posts |
My nieces and nephews love it when I give them dateless buffalos
although sometimes I find them on the floor where they've been playing
after they leave.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Quote:
My nieces and nephews love it when I give them dateless buffalos
although sometimes I find them on the floor where they've been playing
after they leave.
Which is why there is no such thing as a worthless coin. |
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Valued Member
United States
450 Posts |
There is a market for dateless Buffalo's
There are folks that buy big quantities and make hobo nickles out of them.
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Posted 08/15/2010 11:19 am
