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3 or 4 legs?

opportunityopportunity Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭✭
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Early American Copper, Bust and Seated.

3 or 4 legs?

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  • yspsalesyspsales Posts: 2,515 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Some of that stuff is frustrating to look at in 2D

    Waste of time for me...

    Look at documented varieties and see if you kind find other PUP's to help in identification.

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  • Joe_360Joe_360 Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ...don't know how many legs, but someone shot that buffalo in the a**...

  • TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,623 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Maybe I should say both? It has three legs for sure. It also has four legs.

  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,492 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @TurtleCat said:
    Maybe I should say both? It has three legs for sure. It also has four legs.

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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,462 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 20, 2021 5:44PM
    4

    @Joe_360 said:
    ...don't know how many legs, but someone shot that buffalo in the a**...

    Yeah, with a 50-70 Gov't Sharps rifle by the looks of it. :D

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  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭
    4

    I see 4.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,637 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    4 legs all day long

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Definitely four legs..... Cheers, RickO

  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    What made you think that even had a shot at being a 3 legger?

  • The_Dinosaur_ManThe_Dinosaur_Man Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Four legs, it doesn't have the iconic spray.

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  • DCWDCW Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    This is not even remotely close to being a 3 legger.

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  • CommemDudeCommemDude Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 21, 2021 9:22AM

    Hopefully this will help...3 legs--note the chewed up right rear leg that is present along with the missing right front leg

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,091 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    3 and 15/16th legs for sure. Peace Roy

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  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I always just look to see if the buffalo is taking a leak!

    @CommemDude said:
    Hopefully this will help...3 legs--note the chewed up right rear leg that is present along with the missing right front leg

  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @amwldcoin said:
    I always just look to see if the buffalo is taking a leak!

    @CommemDude said:
    Hopefully this will help...3 legs--note the chewed up right rear leg that is present along with the missing right front leg

    A little saying that exists for that die marker-"If the buffalo ain't pissin' the leg ain't missin'." It's just one of half a dozen excellent die markers for the genuine article tho doubtlessly the easiest to remember.

  • opportunityopportunity Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭✭

    I feel kinda dumb. I should have known, lol. I actually thought that I saw the "stream" below, but I guess I didn't.

    Early American Copper, Bust and Seated.

  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,563 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    These can also be ID'd by the obverse, the third feather is detached.
    Take a scroll through here
    https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1937-d-5c-3-legs/images/3982

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  • TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,623 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I don’t think I’ve ever seen a poll on the forum where 100% were on one side. Wow!

  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 21, 2021 9:03PM
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    There are a number of dates that show a slight amount of attenuation on the right front leg which confuses the issue. The 3 1/2 legged coins (of which there are seven) are distinctly different than a normal coin. Any coin with more of a leg showing than those, especially a late stage 1916-D, would be considered to be four legged.

    I used to own this one (a 1916) but it was the result of a filled die and therefore didn't count-


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