Motivated by the 1917 Buffalo thread
ChrisH821
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I don't want to muddy it up with an unrelated pic, so I'll post a recent acquisition here instead.
I was looking for a well struck and attractive example, this one fit the bill.
Images courtesy of GC
Let's see some 1917's
Collector, occasional seller
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Funny you brought this up, I bought one yesterday.
Beautiful coin. What's the grade?
Wow. Nicely struck indeed.
@ChrisH821 ....Wow... that is an outstanding '17 Buff...Thanks for showing us... Cheers, RickO
Nice coins and very classy not to screw up the other discussion!
Looks to be 100% fully struck. Beautiful!!
Your coin is what a proof would look like-fully struck on the braid, LIBERTY, feathers, bison's head, horn, fur, and tail.
MS65
I kind of nuked it on GC but thankfully it didn't come to that
Collector, occasional seller
Ok this is getting strange
On layaway 😉
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
I "Herd it through the grapevine" is why this post was started.
Pete
Sweet Buffalo!
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The 1917 "floating jaw" variety. It's caused by the same process that created the 1937-D 3 legged coin.
Interesting that so much was polished away in that area but there is no sign of a clash around the lower feather. What does the reverse look like?
Collector, occasional seller
The reverse is normal-nothing polished away and no evident clashing. I'll get the coin out and examine it.
Always liked that one, Ron. That obverse looks fully struck too. No evidence of a clash near EPU?
Pete
I'm gonna re-examine the coin, Pete.
Strange 1917.
The relief to left and right of hair braid is the same, yet someone polished off only the portion to the right - and did it in an extreme manner resulting in the odd field curvature. Off hand, I can think of no rational reason to do this. (But, there's no rational reason to scrape a file across a 1922-S DE obverse, either.)
way cool nickels I like
I agree it's a strange coin. I've only seen two of these. The only thing I can imagine is that it's a overzealous but successful attempt to remove the EPU clash so often seen under the jaw. There are several other dates known with this phenomenon as shown. The last image is of a 1930-S where nearly the whole neck is gone. The image of the reverse shows a strong reverse clash associated with some of these. The 1925-S is also a two feathers coin.
Here's the reverse. The only clashing I see is around "UNUM" and a small piece out of the bison's back.