Does this Buffalo Nickel qualify as a 1921-S 2 Feathers FS-401
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Does this Buffalo Nickel qualify as a 1921-S 2 Feathers FS-401
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I'm not seeing any remnant of the third feather
Collector, occasional seller
A decent 2 feather, too. Not too difficult to find on the '21-S due to the limited number of dies used for that date/Mint.
Looks real good to me. (Including the coin itself).
Pete
Yes, and a valuable little addition to an already valuable coin.
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I would say yes, it qualifies as a 2 feather.....Nice find. Cheers, RickO
No doubter to me.
I have had them before that straight on look like no brainers and when slightly angled can see feather.
Was this coin submitted for variety attribution and you are upset they did not give it?
No, I just picked it up recently and noticed the missing feather. I have heard they can be tough on a coin if there is any feather fragment.
This picture is more clear to me than when I use a loupe.
When you get some experience and a little money to do some coin collecting then you are too old to see the coins.
"No, I just picked it up recently and noticed the missing feather. I have heard they can be tough on a coin if there is any feather fragment."
And that's the way it should be. There are 20 of what I call "true" two feather varieties. I've seen plenty with a noticeable portion of the feather slabbed as two feathers which are 2 1/2 feather coins.
TRUE 2 FEATHER VARIETIES
TRUE 2F VAR # DATE/MINT/VARIETY
01 1913-D VAR 1
02 1913-S VAR 1
03 1915
04 1915-D
05 1916
06 1916-S
07 1917
08 1917-S
09 1918
10 1918-S
11 1919
12 1920
13 1920-S
14 1921
15 1921-S
16 1923
17 1925-S
18 1926-D
19 1929-S
20 1930-S
So only 20 dates are recognized by PCGS as 2 feathers?
No-PCGS recognizes a few more. That list is from my book on abraded dies for the series. A number of this die stage variety have more than one die that shows the anomaly, with some dies still retaining a small part of the feather. Those are the dates that show no trace or just the tiniest trace of the small feather. A few more dates such as the 1919-S, 1925-D, and 1927-S have been slabbed as such tho I don't agree with that attribution since they show a noticeable part of the feather remaining.