My Buffalo Nickel observances over the years

BuffaloIronTail

A couple things for now. Possibly more later.

1. The 1913 San Francisco Nickels (both Type 1 and 2) have a significant number of die calashes per coin than any other Buffalo Nickel. To identify the clash, the easiest way is to look at E PLURIBUS UNUM on the reverse. The clash is from Iron Tail's chin, and depending on how good the abraiding was on the specific die, "Chin Whiskers" sometimes are left on the coin.

Neat looking clash, if I might say so myself.

My speculation for why this clash happened id because the employee responsible for watching the feeder mechanism was often called away to help somewhere else.

2. The1924-D Buffalo Nickel almost always has an incomplete top feather on Iron Tail. I have only seen one example with a fully rendered feather, and it was here on the forum.

The quality of strike at the Denver Mint in 1924 suffered for some reason. Also look at the 1924-D Cents. They suffered from softness in various different areas, mostly on the reverse.

Look for 1924-D Nickels that have a fully formed top feather.

In my opinion, they should garner a nice premium.

Pete

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@johnny9434 said:

@johnny9434 said:

Cool advice, just watch for thr turkeys (taken this am) (computers, they keep giving 🤪)

Relaxn

Those look like my Red Bourbons... Great birds. Able to be handled. Lovely creatures...

Buffalos... I prefer to collect strike over appearance... Meaning I want a well struck coin over a toned coin... All the time. It took me years to build what I have... Finding decently struck Buffs for some years... Woooo weee... Tough coins.
Defintely a set of love and not just capital.

1Bufffan

starting up those big presses with a new set of dies, on a coin which was not produced before, I bet it took a couple of strokes to set the tonnage to a correct amount to get a good strike, and I would think (but not completely sure) that the dies may have struck each other a time or two without a planchet between them.

BuffaloIronTail

@1Bufffan said:
starting up those big presses with a new set of dies, on a coin which was not produced before, I bet it took a couple of strokes to set the tonnage to a correct amount to get a good strike, and I would think (but not completely sure) that the dies may have struck each other a time or two without a planchet between them.

Obviously they did.

Pete