Posted 11/08/2010 11:33 am
It's a Type 2 Buffalo nickel. I sincerely doubt that there is a mint mark hiding under that corrosion/paint. Based on the strength of the date and some of the reverse details, I'm guessing that the date had not completely worn away before you started working on the coin. Perhaps it was hidden by the paint or the corrosion, but you generally don't get that strong of a RESTORED date on a 1913 Type 2 Philadelphia coin unless some of the date still remained.
And to answer your other question...it has very little value as it currently stands. If it was a D or and S mint it would be a keeper, but a P mint that looks like this won't bring more than $1.00 if you were to try to sell it. Soaking it the vinegar technically did damage it, but based on its prior condition you really could not have gone anywhere but up!
It's an old Buffalo with a readable date, and that's about all you can say about it.
And to answer your other question...it has very little value as it currently stands. If it was a D or and S mint it would be a keeper, but a P mint that looks like this won't bring more than $1.00 if you were to try to sell it. Soaking it the vinegar technically did damage it, but based on its prior condition you really could not have gone anywhere but up!
It's an old Buffalo with a readable date, and that's about all you can say about it.
Edited by weerdsteev
11/08/2010 11:42 am
11/08/2010 11:42 am
...and meant to mention that!
