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Celebratory impulse Buff upgrade!

ShaunBC5ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,793 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Yesterday, after a year of classes, study, and test-prep, I passed the Certified Financial Planner exam and was in a town with a coin shop (had to travel to take the test).
I got done a little early and sought out the shop to see about finding a coin to celebrate with.
They had a lot of decent stuff, much of which was beyond my limits for the day, and I landed on a 1914-D Buff in PCGS MS64. I usually don’t duplicate coins I already own, but as you can see by my tremendous, nearly-professional-grade bathroom cell phone pictures, it’s a significant upgrade (and I was going to get rid of the old one, anyway).
Shout out to Gary at Las Cruces Coins & Collectibles






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  • Aspie_RoccoAspie_Rocco Posts: 3,666 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations on your success, and Coingratulations on your new Buffalo.

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  • pcgsregistrycollectorpcgsregistrycollector Posts: 1,447 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 18, 2025 7:32PM

    @Aspie_Rocco said:
    Congratulations on your success, and Coingratulations on your new Buffalo.

    +1

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,224 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats an everything

  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,697 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, that’s a significant upgrade lol!
    I imagine it’s the new center piece of the collection.
    And congrats on passing the CFP.

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  • littlebearlittlebear Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭✭

    Congrats!

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  • CoinbertCoinbert Posts: 557 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations on a great upgrade and passing your exam. A very nice buffalo in an older holder. I remember getting excited as a kid in the 60's putting Nikadate (not sure how to spell it) on dateless buffs and finding a 1914-D. Probably still have a couple somewhere.

  • ShaunBC5ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,793 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks everybody. It was my first coin purchase since the Tucson show in January. Definitely my best Buffalo so far. Maybe I can display it with my raw 14-D Lincoln. Maybe I’m on my way to a 14-D full year set?

  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,820 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats on your upgrade and more importantly passing the test.

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  • jfriedm56jfriedm56 Posts: 2,130 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats on both passing and upgrading. Nice Buffalo.

  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Woohoo ... great coin to mark a great accomplishment!


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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,562 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow! "Upgrade"?!! You have quite the penchant for understatement!! Congrats!!

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  • ShaunBC5ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,793 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Under promise, over deliver :wink:

  • BarberianBarberian Posts: 4,078 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats and nice upgrade!

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  • winestevenwinesteven Posts: 4,929 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations on passing the exam. You and I are at the opposite ends of the timeline - I passed the exam 40 years ago, as one of the “pioneers”, lol.

    It’s a great profession, and you’re positioned to help many people. Even today, I get tremendous satisfaction knowing I did well for my clients.

    By the way, great Buff pickup!

    Steve

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  • ShaunBC5ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,793 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks, guys!
    @winesteven thanks for pioneering, going ahead of me, and giving guys in our profession a good name!
    I quit a decent job/career in mining/supply chain to chase this dream and I’m loving almost every minute of it (the lead up to the test had some less than enjoyable minutes, honestly :smile: ). It’s awesome getting to help people every day in this way.

  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,873 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A worthy and significant upgrade!

    Your old coin wasn’t bad looking for a circ example, either. Nice grey look.


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  • ShaunBC5ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,793 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks! I enjoyed it for several years and wasn’t looking for an upgrade. I wasn’t going to pass the new one up, though, just because ai already had the date/mm.

  • john_nyc1john_nyc1 Posts: 199 ✭✭✭

    Congrats on all counts!

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  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,546 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Other than the streak between the "I" and "B" of LIBERTY and the dark area though the "9" in the date, I see nothing wrong with the coin not receiving a 65.

    The knot on Iron Tail is exceptionally well struck, as well as the body of Black Diamond.

    Great choice!

    Pete

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  • Coins3675Coins3675 Posts: 315 ✭✭✭

    Good job on the hard work and that nice buffalo!

  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,728 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Heck of a good strike!

    Collector, occasional seller

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