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TJsCoins Pillar of the Community United States 3229 Posts	Posted 07/14/2011 3:19 pm Please grade. Report this Post to the Staff

rachums107 Pillar of the Community United States 3345 Posts	Posted 07/14/2011 4:46 pm AU 58, wear on the head of bison I think Report this Post to the Staff
TJsCoins Pillar of the Community United States 3229 Posts	Posted 07/14/2011 9:50 pm AU 58 sounds about right to me. The coin does show a little better in hand but there seams to be a lack of sharpness. Maybe a weak strike or some small wear? Not sure which. Looking closer at the head does anyone see a small die crack? Sorry the photo isn't better; I am having lighting issues. Report this Post to the Staff
mycrob Pillar of the Community United States 2602 Posts	Posted 07/15/2011 12:40 pm I see cracked buffalo skull. Nice die crack! I think this is AU- some light wear on buffalo's head. Report this Post to the Staff
Jaobler Pillar of the Community United States 6384 Posts	Posted 07/15/2011 1:31 pm Definitely worn; I'd guess AU-50 but I could go higher if the coin retains a lot of luster. The images don't seem to show any. Definitely a die crack across the buffalo's head. I know they changed the design halfway through the 1913 production year; I wonder if that was because they had excessive die damage (i.e., cracks) or because the coins did not strike up well? I'm sure some of our nickel specialists would know the answer.... Report this Post to the Staff
CaptainFwiffo Pillar of the Community United States 4132 Posts	Posted 07/15/2011 3:04 pm I understand it was because of the wear issue (why they never fixed the obverse, I'll never understand.) Report this Post to the Staff
paleoguy45 Pillar of the Community United States 2936 Posts	Posted 07/15/2011 8:21 pm Nice head of the herd Buff. I'm comfortable with an AU-58 too. The Type 1's did have some weaknesses in a lot of the strikes. Report this Post to the Staff
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