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Lacquered Buffalo Nickel?

Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,437 ✭✭✭✭✭

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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  • CalifornianKingCalifornianKing Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭✭

    Send it in for conservation?

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,094 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It looks like normal mint luster to me.

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  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:
    It looks like normal mint luster to me.

    I agree and at most, would have wondered if it were partially the effect of lighting.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks OK to me... with some light tarnish manifesting..... If an acetone soak does not affect it, then it is likely tarnish. Cheers, RickO

  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,963 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If acetone didn’t remove it, it’s not lacquered. Looks to be natural from here.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,094 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @crazyhounddog said:
    If acetone didn’t remove it, it’s not lacquered. Looks to be natural from here.

    Our resident buffalo nickel expert has spoken. :)

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,283 ✭✭✭✭✭

    it doesn't look to funky to me :/

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like it.

  • clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,936 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pretty sweet 13-S!

    MS66 taste on an MS63 budget.
  • CalifornianKingCalifornianKing Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭✭

    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.

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CalifornianKing said:
    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.😉

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • OldhoopsterOldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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

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  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,500 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like it too. Nothing to complain about there.

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,951 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If acetone dips did not dissolve any coating, leave it alone. Looks AU to me. IMO. Peace Roy

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

    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.

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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like an attractive, well struck coin with no problems to me.

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