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Could this possibly be a proof Buffalo nickel?

gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not a proof.

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  • 1Bufffan1Bufffan Posts: 656 ✭✭✭✭

    Does not look like it, Sorry typical 36 business strike.

  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,582 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree with the above posts. Not a proof, the strike is lacking and surfaces aren't right.

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  • Che_GrapesChe_Grapes Posts: 1,884 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks cleaned or polished?
    I don’t like it - something not right, def not a proof

  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thought i remembered reading something about the proof buffs having a different look to the rims...? Did i dream that?

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  • CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 9,012 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @moursund said:
    Thought i remembered reading something about the proof buffs having a different look to the rims...? Did i dream that?

    Unless I was in your dream, no!
    It was recently discussed with @BUFFNIXX possibly...

  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CoinscratchFever said:

    @moursund said:
    Thought i remembered reading something about the proof buffs having a different look to the rims...? Did i dream that?

    Unless I was in your dream, no!
    It was recently discussed with @BUFFNIXX possibly...

    so... what is special about the rims on proof buffs?

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  • CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 9,012 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @moursund said:

    @CoinscratchFever said:

    @moursund said:
    Thought i remembered reading something about the proof buffs having a different look to the rims...? Did i dream that?

    Unless I was in your dream, no!
    It was recently discussed with @BUFFNIXX possibly...

    so... what is special about the rims on proof buffs?

    They are crisp and more defined.

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

    Nope. It's far short of the strike a proof would have.

  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In hand it doesn't look cleaned. Its got a ton of lustre.

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

    @moursund said:

    @CoinscratchFever said:

    @moursund said:
    Thought i remembered reading something about the proof buffs having a different look to the rims...? Did i dream that?

    Unless I was in your dream, no!
    It was recently discussed with @BUFFNIXX possibly...

    so... what is special about the rims on proof buffs?

    Rims are wider and flatter on a proof than they are on a business strike. Proof is on top. Edges are even all the way around (no beveling) and are fully prooflike. Proof edge is on the left.

  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @koynekwest The proof seems to be thicker also. Thanks. I guess I just have a nice lustrous coin.

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  • labloverlablover Posts: 3,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nope, not a proof.

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

    @gumby1234 said:
    @koynekwest The proof seems to be thicker also. Thanks. I guess I just have a nice lustrous coin.

    It just appears that way because the edge is even all the way around but thicker is a good descriptor.

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

    The coin I posted is a satin proof. Here's a brilliant proof. Not all the brilliant proofs are fully struck (for the 1937 issue most are not) but they should show better detail in the centers of both obv and rev than a business strike does.

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

    @gumby1234 said:
    In hand it doesn't look cleaned. Its got a ton of lustre.

    Neither matte nor brilliant proofs show any luster. The 1936 satin doesn't either.

  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thats a nice one :)

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

    Thanks. I wish it had a little more color, tho.

  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not a proof.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Definitely not a proof, but a nice Buff.... Cheers, RickO

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