1926 D or S Buffalo Nickel - Which Mint Mark?
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Can anyone identify which mint mark this 1926 nickel is? I am thinking it is a D.
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It sure looks like what ^ said
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Todd - BHNC #242
nice coin AND images. looks au (i THINK it isn't over the unc line) by the surfaces. super weak/worn die strikes need graded on a steep curve. getting the proper grade can be an uphill battle.
going by just a bit of recall, the S bleeds into the rim quite a bit more. looking at high grade examples on CF for S & D should lock this in unless you know some secondary pups for the D & S.
if you can, will you weight it. i've been wondering for a VERY long time about think stock. not necessarily error designation territory but enough to maybe partially explain some of the "weak" strike coins. perhaps it is a density issue too?
that five cents is comical. that die bounce/ejection doubling/die erosion makes it look quite peculiar.
after looking at CF (i wasn't gonna initially) i have to say based on the die state pups, a D is a lock. this is the closest imo.
I think maybe a D as well, fwiw
I agree with all the above I'm in the "D" boat too!
Looking at the magnified picture, the feature that makes me consider an S, is the apparent tip of the letter at the right top (as viewed), which would not be there if it were a D. Just my observation. Cheers, RickO
Here are 3 pictures of 1926-S mintmarks:
The reverses on S Mint Buffs were bad, but nowhere near as bad as the OP coin. 1926-D reverses WERE THAT BAD, some bordering on the ridiculous.
The OP mintmark kinda looks like the Chrysler symbol to me.
I'm no help. @ricko makes a good point, but it almost has to be a Denver coin, unless someone can provide another pic of a similar coin with a terminally rotten reverse that compares to the OP coin. this one is still a toss up
Pete
Typical blob D for this coin.
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False color relief map looks like an S.
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i appreciate the effort put forth by everyone (i do love a good pup-off and encourage effort and competition) since i posted my comp but there are no S coins i've seen that match the reverse die, at all and i mean, not even close.
the coin i posted from CF is literally an exact match for multiple, indistinguishable reverse pups showing the coin from the OP and the coin i posted are not only from the same die but also nearly identical die state. fwiw
Looks like you hit the nail on the head, a D for sure and a nice one at that.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
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the sun even shine's on a dogs..... every once and while!
‘T’is a D.
Good Work,
Matches my "D" as well.
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thanks. i thought that line at the date was an errant scribe mark or a possible strike-through but your coins shows me it is a die crack and that there is more than one for this state.
what a great coin to come from such crappy dies; lovely coin it is!
You made me go looking for the die crack on coinfacts.
I am finishing up a book on 1922-D cents, and your pictures are a great example of the phenomenon known as die erosion doubling as sometimes seen on 1922-D cents. May I please have copies of the obverse, reverse and closeup, in as high a resolution as possible, with permission to use them with credit given?
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nice find.
if you wanna go super-duper close, use this link.
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if you d/l it to your pc/tablet, you can blow it up REALLY big. also, because i looked at the Max size, i see there is a really big rim cud from k3 to k6; a 45 degree length/spread. pretty dang big. imo
your coin shows it on the k6 side but was wiped out/not struck up at k3.
Thanks for the link. I had no idea you could get that kind of size from the trueview.
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tbh, i don't know off the top of my head exactly which links permit the 2200,max etc but when i click certain images from CF and it shows the 2200, i know i can change that from the old days before the url changes pcgs went through. there were/are like half a dozen or so.
i'd be able to do a lot more on these boards if people would post links to the images already hosted by pcgs/their hosting company in lieu of uploading them each and every time to the posts because that provides a completely different url and i can't really work with the urls this forum provides for images. it is what it is i guess.
glad it helped! those max trueviews are wonderful but i don't use them every time, they are too big for everyday use.
Thank you everyone for the help! Definitely matches these other D's with the weak reverse.
@CaptHenway Feel free to use my images, these are the best I have for now.
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Thanks!