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1913 type 1 Buffalo nickel-grade?

PppPpp Posts: 511 ✭✭✭✭

I am far from a Buffalo nickel expert and sometimes I get a headache looking at photogrades. I liked the way this Buffalo nickel looked so I bought it.
There appears to be a little damage on the reverse by the second “S” in states.
What do you think the grade would be?
Thank you in advance.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very difficult to grade from those pictures... excessive shadows and glare.... The gouge on the reverse could be enough to get a 'details' grade....Cheers, RickO

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,385 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The 1913 Type I Buffalo nickel is common enough that graders are likely to be unforgiving. The gouge on the reverse should put it in a "details" holder. I would not send it in for grading.

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  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,482 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It looks ever so slightly circulated. Could even be cabinet rub.

    That hit on the reverse might doom it from a details standpoint.

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  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,367 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That gouge on the reverse below S2 would net the coin a "Genuine-Details Grade" holder. It is very deep and a lot of metal has been moved.

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  • 1Bufffan1Bufffan Posts: 643 ✭✭✭

    Obverse would be nice for use in a type set, but gouge on the reverse would "sink it" from straight grading, you might get Genuine detail grade, but not worth the cost! of sending it in.

  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,417 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I too think a details grade is likely, if it did straight grade my thought is AU58. Either way not worth the cost to submit but will make a nice album coin.

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