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Valued Member
United States
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I bought 40 dateless Buffalo nickles for .20 cents a piece and put them in white vinegar for about 2 and a half to 3 weeks, so far 32 of them have produced readable dates. By far the best one I restored was the 1913D type2. Has anyone ever tried this? 1913D type2 1914x2 1914Dx2 1915x3 1915Dx1 1916x5 1917x5 1918x1 1918Dx1 1919x2 1920x5 1925x1 1926x1 1928x1 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
608 Posts |
How about some photos so we can see the results! Thanks.
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Valued Member
United States
364 Posts |
Does this hose the value of the coin? Like should one expect to get anywhere near what an unrestored coin fetches?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
672 Posts |
Ive done it a few times and gotten lucky. As for the value of them afterwards, I would say 1/4 to 1/2 of G4. Others may dissagree, it is really what you can get for them. Dateless buffalos are essentially worthless so I dont think you have to worry about that. Youd should be able to fip those 14D's easily though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
591 Posts |
Is the Nic-a-Date stuff not an easier method?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
758 Posts |
Maybe I should try this on already valueless (nothing to lose!) dateless Buffalo nickel. insideout: What is this Nic-a-Date stuff? |
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Valued Member
 United States
95 Posts |
Nic a date really makes the coin look like crap although its faster than vinegar. The Vinegar makes it dull in appearance though. Ill try to post some pics tomorrow.
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Valued Member
United States
95 Posts |
The 1913D var2 will be going in my Dansco as a filler btw, better than a filler with a hole in it or a bent up one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would like to see some photo's too. I counted about 75 that I have with no dates. I might give it a try if I like the results that you got.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You should be able to get $10-15 for the 1914D's......more than covering the cost of your stack of dateless nicks! Congrats on a bunch of nice finds.
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New Member
United States
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what is the vinegar supposed to do just clean them? if that the case add some salt. or peroxide it will work better and faster. you can try it with a random penny. It will clean it fast.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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fishfind,the vinegar does more than clean,it is a mild acid that works like nic-a-date over the entire coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Just make sure you rinse with distilled water too. I've tried that with all sorts of items including battery acid, Lemon and/or Lime juice and many other solutions. It's fun but as a rule, regardless of the outcome, the coin is usually considered junk to most dealers and collectors.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Depends on the rarity of the date. For junk dates, nobody wants to buy a cleaned or damaged coin. For a key date, however, cleaned and even mutilated coins can go for 40-60% of book value. Hence, if you happen to find a 1965 Silver Dime that's been cleaned or acid revealed you've still got yourself a treasure.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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And you should let everyone here know how you acid revealed a silver coin, because we have not figured that one out yet with good results.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My first 6 Buffalo coins are starting to show dates, I can make out three 1919 and one that looks like a 1918. They other two are going to be 1920'3 - something. Most them have been working in white vinegar but I have a few in some acid that I use for photography and they are showing the dates a little faster. Do I care if they hurt the value - heck no. I wasn't going to sell them and they were just going to sit in the collection for ever. So having the dates are cool and who knows what the future will hold. Maybe some day they will jump on value even though they have been restored. If not I still have the same Buffalo nickles except they now have dates. When you come up with the directions of restoring silver dates let me know - that would be cool since I don't know of any process that will do the job. |
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Posted 10/18/2010 1:36 pm
