1937-d two and one half legged buffalo nickel?
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Check out this 1937d “2 and one” legged buffalo nickel. It is a three legger with the back most leg really ragged, so much so that it appears to have been clearly separated from the bison making it appear that the leg is in two separate pieces, the upper part being mostly obliterated. Would it be correct to call this a separate variety from the famous 3 legger? Has any one else seen one like this?
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Sorry, IMO, it's just a normal 3-leg, The back leg is always "chewed-up" to some degree. It is one of the diagnostics for genuine examples.
PS Get the glue off your coin.
Front inside leg looks "Faded" to me. Posting a lighter close up photo might help diagnose this Buff.
Post an attachment too. These have a magnification feature.
Like this.....
The leg is always like that in various stages on a genuine 3 Legger.
Pete
Maybe it's just the pic, but I don't see the buffalo pissing, perhaps that leg ain't missing!
How poetic @landlord!
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That rear leg is quite common like that... looks to be 'all there' though raggedy.... Cheers, RickO
No expert here but the below seems to concur with what others have said above.
1937-D Three Leg Buffalo Nickel: How To Authenticate And Identify
1937-D Three Leg Buffalo Nickels one of the earlier mint errors that became a variety, and help cause the variety collecting frenzy we see today. Three Leg or 3 Leg is also the first positive pet name given to a variety, before that you had Large Cent names like Booby Head.
The 1937-D is easy to identify and authenticate once you realize how this happened and learn what to look for. A certain die for the 1937-D Buffalo clashed without a nickel planchet in between them so mint employees polished the dies to remove the clash marks, and in the process the middle portion of the front leg was polished off. So all authentic Three Leg Buffalos will have the hoof remaing.
Another fact about the dies is they where over-worked and show signs of metal fatigue so the reverse will have what appears to be "wrinkles" and bumps, especially just inside the perimeter of the rim. Furthermore, there's a line of fatigue running from inside the back leg and to the ground coin the phrase "it looks like it's peeing".
from https://coinauctionshelp.com/threelegbuffaloID.html#.XhSQoyN_PIU
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