Lacquered Buffalo Nickel?
Walkerguy21D
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What do you guys think about this? The obverse, and possibly the reverse, seems to have some kind of coating on it,
as the glossiness just doesn't look natural. I have tried brief acetone treatments on the obverse several times, and other
than removing some light dirt, doesn't seem to have touched whatever may be coating it.
What are your thoughts?
Treat it with something more aggressive?
Leave it be, it looks fine, or certainly good enough for the album it's stored in?
Thanks in advance -
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Send it in for conservation?
It looks like normal mint luster to me.
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I agree and at most, would have wondered if it were partially the effect of lighting.
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Looks OK to me... with some light tarnish manifesting..... If an acetone soak does not affect it, then it is likely tarnish. Cheers, RickO
If acetone didn’t remove it, it’s not lacquered. Looks to be natural from here.
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it doesn't look to funky to me
I like it.
Pretty sweet 13-S!
Send it in for grading. It legit looks fine. I have a 66 38-d that looks exactly like that and it's a straight grade.
Previously, you asked about sending it in for conservation.😉
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Looks normal to me quite beautiful
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
Assuming it has a coating, you could always try Xylene. If the coating material is non-polar, acetone wouldn’t do very much. Xylene is non-polar and might have a better chance of removal, and like acetone, it won’t react with the metal. It’s also flammable so you should be aware of safe handling and disposal procedures before you play with it
I like it too. Nothing to complain about there.
If acetone dips did not dissolve any coating, leave it alone. Looks AU to me. IMO. Peace Roy
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Much better than your typical 13-S TY1. Looks uncirculated.
Unclashed and a fully struck obverse with excellent top feather detail. Although it has no bearing on grade, the coin has not been clashed like so many others of it's date and mint.
Central details of the reverse show a fully struck mane and center. The only weakness being the peripherals, with Black Diamond's head and tail a little weak, along with the mintmark and top of STATES.
It's typical for Buffs to be unevenly struck, this one probably the result of how the radius of the die was imparted to facilitate the correct metal flow to the planchet. "Basining" could give a die stronger peripherals or stronger central details.
A neat coin, IMHOP.
Pete
Looks like an attractive, well struck coin with no problems to me.