NGC made it right 1916 ddo Buffalo

Vetter

@mr1931S said:
I don't get why there is so much fear of Nic-a-date. It seems to me the fun in owning a coin like a 1916 DDO is in being able to actually see the dramatic error. The key to getting a good result with Nic-a-date is to remove oil from the coin before applying the Nic-a-date chemical to the date. Acetone will do this. I've got Nic-a-date treated buffalo nickels that look great with all the date digits popping out and no dark discoloration from the Nic-a-date.

Market acceptance is the reason. Nic-a-date is considered alternating a coin even though it brings out the details. I’ve owned a few 16 ddo’s throughout the years and the ones with very little to no date always sold for more than the nic-a-dated ones. The one coming from NGC graded as AG3 will bring more than a restored dated one if I decide to sell it. Here is a picture of a 16DDO that I sold with a restored date (the whole coin was nic-a-dated) and showed the details quite nicely. It would never bring the money a non altered coin would bring even though it shows the doubling of the date nicely.

asheland

NGC did the right thing. 👍

DCW

Glad this worked out for you. It was a fairly obvious mistake on their part, and they appear to be owning it. Kudos to NGC

Walkerlover

@mr1931S said:
I don't get why there is so much fear of Nic-a-date. It seems to me the fun in owning a coin like a 1916 DDO is in being able to actually see the dramatic error. The key to getting a good result with Nic-a-date is to remove oil from the coin before applying the Nic-a-date chemical to the date. Acetone will do this. I've got Nic-a-date treated buffalo nickels that look great with all the date digits popping out and no dark discoloration from the Nic-a-date.

Makes much more sense than owning a dateless nickel. I wouldn’t mind owning an acid treated Buffalo overdate either 1916 or 1918/7 at a reasonable price l.

DCW

Well, it can always be Nic-A-Dated by anyone who buys it. But once treated, it can never be original again.

mr1931S

@Walkerlover said:

@mr1931S said:
I don't get why there is so much fear of Nic-a-date. It seems to me the fun in owning a coin like a 1916 DDO is in being able to actually see the dramatic error. The key to getting a good result with Nic-a-date is to remove oil from the coin before applying the Nic-a-date chemical to the date. Acetone will do this. I've got Nic-a-date treated buffalo nickels that look great with all the date digits popping out and no dark discoloration from the Nic-a-date.

Makes much more sense than owning a dateless nickel. I wouldn’t mind owning an acid treated Buffalo overdate either 1916 or 1918/7 at a reasonable price l.

I saw an '18 over '17-D recently where the entire coin was Nic-a-dated. Really bad job. Some people should have their Nic-a-date taken away from them. Coin conservation with Nic-a-date is an art not a hatchet job. I have found all of the key date Buffalo nickels before 1916 using Nic-a-date, 13-D and S (II), 14-D, 15-S.

mr1931S

@Vetter said:

@mr1931S said:
I don't get why there is so much fear of Nic-a-date. It seems to me the fun in owning a coin like a 1916 DDO is in being able to actually see the dramatic error. The key to getting a good result with Nic-a-date is to remove oil from the coin before applying the Nic-a-date chemical to the date. Acetone will do this. I've got Nic-a-date treated buffalo nickels that look great with all the date digits popping out and no dark discoloration from the Nic-a-date.

Market acceptance is the reason. Nic-a-date is considered alternating a coin even though it brings out the details. I’ve owned a few 16 ddo’s throughout the years and the ones with very little to no date always sold for more than the nic-a-dated ones. The one coming from NGC graded as AG3 will bring more than a restored dated one if I decide to sell it. Here is a picture of a 16DDO that I sold with a restored date (the whole coin was nic-a-dated) and showed the details quite nicely. It would never bring the money a non altered coin would bring even though it shows the doubling of the date nicely.

Nice looking piece.

BuffaloIronTail

@logger7 said:
RIP David Lange, he would have helped on this one.

Possibly Rick Montgomery or Scott Schechter could help with this.
https://www.ngccoin.com/about/ngc-graders/

There really isn't any need to help.

No date but it shows enough doubling in the correct areas to look for determine what it is.

Namvet69

I think dateless buffs are an opportunity to find something pretty cool. Peace Roy