Cherry Picking: 1931 S Buffalo nickel DDR FS801 DDR-002, 2-R-IV

Aspie_Rocco

One of my Cherry Picks outside my normal collection is this 1931 S Buffalo with a Doubled Die reverse FS801. This DDR exhibits doubling on the fringe/hair of the left front leg as well as being visible in E PLURIBUS UNUM with extra thickness and a sharp point on the B of Pluribus. A common die marker for this coin is a specific crack running from the U of UNITED through the top of the animals head and through its forehead.

Here is the diagnostic/ die marker crack

ricko

Nice find.... It is always OK to find/collect outside of your normal collecting interests. Might even become a new interest. Cheers, RickO

Aspie_Rocco

While these DDR are unique they are also somewhat common. Spending 10 minutes looking through photos on ebay on just about and given day you can probably find 1-4 of them. There is another FS802 DDR for for this year, it is also kind of easy to find, a few years back I located two top pop fs802.

FlyingAl

It also looks like doubling on the belly as well, almost more obvious than the fringe hair. Or am I just imagining things? Nice pick up!

WAYNEAS

Thanks for posting.
I am not a Buffalo collector per say but do like them.
Once I find my misplaced stack of Buffs, I will go through them looking for this DDR.
Wayne

Aspie_Rocco

You are correct, there is a light double layer along the belly. Great Eye!

@FlyingAl said:
It also looks like doubling on the belly as well, almost more obvious than the fringe hair. Or am I just imagining things? Nice pick up!

BuffaloIronTail

I'm not too discerning when quick-looking at Buffs.

I'd a missed those (and have) for sure.

Pete

1Bufffan

Thanks for the heads-up Great Catch!