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1913 buffalo nickel?
Doira
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This nickel has the date worn off but it appears to be a type one from the mound that the buffalo is standing on. Is it a 1913 and is it of any value to some
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Doira
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Welcome to the forum!
You are correct, it is a 1913 type 1. Dateless Buffalo's are worth around 7-15 cents each.
Not worth much, but a place filler for sure.
bob
One thing that can be said is that your coin did the job it was made for.
To CIRCULATE.
Pete
@Doira....Welcome aboard.... Nice old, well circulated Buff...No real numismatic premium, but can fill an album hole. Cheers, RickO
Thanks for the info here. Saves a lot of time and research. Is there any advantage (I really don't like asking ,and you all my never speak to me again), but would it be a really dumb idea to try this nick- a-pick (?) to bring out a date?
There's no reason to do anything to the coin, as you and many others already know the date.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
yup no reason to use nic-a-date on it. It would sell for a buck or so on eBay.
a.k.a "The BUFFINATOR"
Dateless 1913 type one buffalo nickels “in the wild” look better when they remain dateless. You sometimes have a nasty
experience trying to “raise the date” on these type one nickels as some of these dates just will not come up and they look like crap.
Must have something to do with the mixture of the metals or maybe impurities? Any way leave those 1913 type ones alone.
Type two buffs from 1913 to 1915 seem to restore nicely, from all three mints. You can recognize these early type two buffs
by the fact that the motto LIBERTY is shallow and the LIBERTY was strengthened in 1916 and thereafter. When you get into the 1920ies they are also sometimes hard to restore seems to be the same reason as the 1913 type ones.
a.k.a "The BUFFINATOR"
There's no reason to raise a date on that coin. Leave it alone!
Everyone knows what it is.
Pete
Dateless 1921 P and S can be determined by the differing braid detail that was used only in 1921 (top image).
Thanks everyone.
All buffalo nickels are cool. This one is no exception.
Welcome to the forum😊