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1937 proof buffalo nickel with an odd surface

BUFFNIXXBUFFNIXX Posts: 2,718 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited June 5, 2019 5:43AM in U.S. Coin Forum



This 1937 proof buffalo nickel appears to have been struck by a pair of dies in the process of loosing there cameo finish.
Or maybe not. What else could give it that appearance.??

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,968 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Maybe it was dipped, not properly rinsed and put in a coin envelope. I think that this is post mint damage. There is a chance that the stuff can be removed, but I would leave that to the pros.

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 34,154 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BUFFNIXX said:

    This 1937 proof buffalo nickel appears to have been struck by a pair of dies in the process of loosing there cameo finish.
    Or maybe not. What else could give it that appearance.??

    It's just hazy.

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,129 ✭✭✭✭✭

    PVC?

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  • tincuptincup Posts: 5,132 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pretty sure it is post mint... and due to storage, but not sure what method of storage.

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,342 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It looks like it was due to exposure to some chemical reaction during a long period of storage.

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  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think it's just the way the light is reflecting.

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  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,167 ✭✭✭✭✭

    chemical residue or haze

  • OldIndianNutKaseOldIndianNutKase Posts: 2,700 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I do not think there is anything special about the effect, regardless of the cause. I would suggest submission to PCGS for restoration.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It really looks like a deposited haze, likely due to storage... This is a guess on my part, based on the pictures... I would recommend sending it to our hosts with a request to evaluate and possibly restore...Cheers, RickO

  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,479 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    It really looks like a deposited haze, likely due to storage... This is a guess on my part, based on the pictures... I would recommend sending it to our hosts with a request to evaluate and possibly restore...Cheers, RickO

    It's evident to me that the coin got hazed up.

    Pete

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  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would agree with MFeld, a brilliant proof with haze. if it is dipped it will look like the brilliant spots over the entire coin.

  • jabbajabba Posts: 3,176 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I want to say something is covering the finish or maybe a bad restoration job?


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  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 6, 2019 9:15PM

    The quasi-cameo is film-induced, not struck into the metal. Note the absence of any hint of cameo frost on the very bright silver islands in that lake of very shallow platinum-gold sludge. Or, what @MFeld said

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  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,479 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ColonelJessup said:
    The quasi-cameo is film-induced, not struck into the metal. Note the absence of any hint of cameo frost on the very bright silver islands in that lake of very shallow platinum-gold sludge. Or, what @MFeld said

    Sounds like a good reason to me.

    Pete

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