1915-D Buffalo - What do you grade it?
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I've seen many weakly struck 15-D's. I'm torn on the grade for this one! Full split tail and original luster have thrown me further off on assigning a grade. What would you grade it? A recent Flea market pick up that is destined for my albums. Fire away! New images added!
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AU 55.
Something looks off. I’m not sure it is real. Liberty is to strong, Five Cents is to fat plus a few other things. Hopefully the experts will chime in.
New pictures make it look real. AU
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It looks like a cleaned au with pvc to me.
Tom
I posted better pics, Someday I will get a real camera and setup!!!
Cleaned AU
There are better struck 15-D nickels like this one out there. Regardless of that, your nickel has a rim cud at 4:00 on the reverse. The reverse is not fully struck, with the head and rump of Black Diamond weak.
The obverse is average with a nicely struck knot on Iron Tail. The top feather is weakly struck with only about 40% of detail.
It's still a decent specimen and will probably grade high 63 to a low 64.
I'll say 64.
Pete
MS-64. Those marks you see were on the planchet and were not flattened when the coin was struck.
The coin looks approximately MS63 (shot MS64) to me.
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64
I think this coin has better luster than photos show. I see it as a 64.
Jim
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Put it in 2x2 for junk box. Pricing?
Obvious only to those who can’t distinguish strike from wear.
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That hip PUP looks worn to me. I say AU58
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Thanks for all the interesting comments!! I don't think I will have it graded but if I do I would post results.
Good luck / buying raw has its risks.
The signs of the first beginnings of wear do not seem to be there (on the Buff's butt). I'd say MS63 is a good guess.
jom
AU-58 (rub) - commercial MS-64.
From the Reverse picture, I don't see any rub or flatness on the hip bump so I would call it a MS64.
Definately a weak strike as the Obverse and Reverse centers of the coin show signs of the original planchet defects that
didn't strike out.
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I'm in the ballpark of ms63 Great pick up for a flea market piece. hope it wasn't in a "Junk Box" I would have loved to go through that one..
Thanks! I love this place. My grade of AU-58 was wrong. I see the planchet marks.
You're gonna have to tell me (teach me) how you can see PVC from that photo
Looks to me like a weak strike MS63
Mike
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My guess is MS63.
Those new pics look very different-63
Tom
Agreed! My first pics were horrible. I can see how you could draw that conclusion. It has no pvc and has not been cleaned.
I kinda wished you left the first photo up, so we could see what a difference a photo can make on a decision to purchase, or not. Also, the right side of the reverse looks a bit like a rusted die. I do not believe that would alter my grading decision, however.
Tom
Looks 63 but that MM looks off for a 15-D, maybe just the photos.
Typical slightly mushy strike. I say either 63 straight grade or Unc Details ED depending on whether the area below and between the TE in UNITED is PVC residue or just digital artifacts in the image.
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