Home› U.S. Coin Forum

A REALLY pretty Proof Buffalo Nickel from another thread (and another world)!

coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
in U.S. Coin Forum
I mentioned this coin in another thread, earlier today. It was graded PR68 by PCGS, was sold by our company last year and is one of the prettiest/finest Proof Buffalo Nickels I've seen. I thought more people might be able to view it if I started a new thread. Enjoy!


image

Comments

  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    Yup, this one sure does deserve a thread all its own!!!! I just can't get enough view of that image. I really like that one.
    Carl's Coins website w/ links to Carl's auctions
  • barberloverbarberlover Posts: 2,228 ✭✭
    Mark, you post some really great coins, i wish i had seen that coin first, i would have gone in hock to buy it. Another barberlover seal of approval coin!!!
    The President claims he didn't lie about taxes for those earning less then $250,000 a year with public mandated health insurance yet his own justice department has said they will use the right of the government to tax when the states appeals go to court.
  • dwooddwood Posts: 821
    It took 40 years, and Mark to do it, but...

    I have now finally seen an attractive Buffalo nickel. That is not only the nicest I've ever seen, its the only one I can stand to look at for more than a nanosecond.

    Thanks for sharing it!
    dwood

    "France said this week they need more evidence to convince them Saddam is a threat. Yeah, last time France asked for more evidence it came rollin thru Paris with a German Flag on it." -Dave Letterman
  • relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570 ✭

    Wow - that is a purdy buffalo.
    image
    My posts viewed image times
    since 8/1/6
  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    Oooooh, that's nice.

    I'm curious, though, it doesn't appear to be fully struck (the obverse in particular). Is that the case, and if so, how does it garner a PR68 grade?
    imageLibertarian Party
  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭✭✭
    D Wood -

    Many of the Unc. 38 Ds have golden toning & some of them have attractive blue centers. I have one in 6 & only paid $48 for it.

    What makes this coin special to me is the rainbow toning; now that's rare on a buffalo nickel.
    "Vou invadir o Nordeste,
    "Seu cabra da peste,
    "Sou Mangueira......."
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    That is one stupendous Buffalo. I could almost put it in a frame and hang

    it up as a piece of magnificent art. Dont think that I have ever seen anything quite like that.

    Thanks for bringing up the picture again Mark. I must have missed it last time. Bear
    There once was a place called
    Camelotimage
  • mdwoodsmdwoods Posts: 5,549 ✭✭✭
    Wow, that is a nice coin. Great photo. The date and reverse legend look like they are floating above the coin. Thanks Mark.
    National Register Of Big Trees

    We'll use our hands and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads.
  • scherscher Posts: 924 ✭
    I am proud to say that I bought that coin from pinnacle..wish they could find me a few more like it..
    Bruce Scher
  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
    dwood - are you going to start a set now? image

    Supercoin - I saw no problems with the strike and rarely, if ever have, on a proof.

    Bruce - image

    For those who missed it, here's an amazing looking 38-D, posted previously, that sold in an auction recently:


    image
  • BustmanBustman Posts: 1,911 ✭
    I'll take both of them!!!!
  • ccrccr Posts: 2,446
    Nice `38. It`s tough to find a Buffalo ( at least for me ) that has good detail and not having some part that`s mushy. Considering that I typically look at Buffalos` as a high relief type coin. The detail looks good. I like.image
  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    That looks like a "Michael" coin!!!!!
  • BNEBNE Posts: 772 ✭
    It looks like the photo was a trifle overexposed, which probably washed out some of the detail, but the hair looks really good.

    Looks like album toning: neat to think of proof Buffs being stored in an album for an extended period of time. Mark: do you know if this coin had any "brothers" or "sisters," or did it come to you alone?

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE these toned Buffs. Putting together a"slider"/MS circ strike set of these is my project for this year.
    "The essence of sleight of hand is distraction and misdirection. If smoeone can be convinced that he has, through his own perspicacity, divined your hidden purposes, he will not look further."

    William S. Burroughs, Cities of the Red Night
  • paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭
    oooohhh !!! FBL...full butt line
  • ccrdragonccrdragon Posts: 2,697 ✭
    Really nice Buffs, Mark!

    However, you are gonna owe me a keyboard if you keep posting pics like this (drool is so hard to clean outta the darn things!) imageimageimage
    Cecil
    Total Copper Nutcase - African, British Ships, Channel Islands!!!
    'Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup'
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    wow! absolutely gorgeous, and the holder certainly doesn't hurt anything. image GREAT coin!

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • MorganluverMorganluver Posts: 517 ✭✭✭
    Wow! Super coins. Thanks for showing them.
  • MintstateMintstate Posts: 254 ✭✭
    I thought I'd add my 1916 PCGS PR 68 to the "show and tell"image
    Richard
    image
    My Non-Sport eBay auctions
  • MadMonkMadMonk Posts: 3,743 ✭
    Mark,
    What kind of prices did thes beauties bring?
    Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
  • WWWWWW Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭
    Show me the toned Buffalo nickels. While obviously not a proof,
    this MS64 from the Benson collection has some really nice colors.

    image
  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
    MadMonk,

    In answer to your question, I believe that the MS67 1938-D brought in the mid $2000 range. The dealer who purchased it was thinking/hoping he could get it into an MS68 holder. An "ordinary" MS67 is probably worth less than $250!

    The PR68 (PCGS population of 8) was listed for sale in the upper $9000's, if memory serves me correctly.
    For comparison purposes : a PR67 1937 (PCGS population of 259) would bring approximately $2500, a PR66 (PCGS population of 559) - about $1800 and a PR65 (PCGS population of 548) - perhaps $1500.
  • jomjom Posts: 3,459 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>MS64 from the Benson collection has some really nice colors >>



    Yes it does, but most of the Benson nickels were spotted and ugly. That is a rare nice one from the set.

    jom

Leave a Comment

BoldItalicStrikethroughOrdered listUnordered list
Format
SpoilerCodeQuote
Heading 2Heading 1
Emoji
:):D:(;):/:o:s:p:'(:|B):#:*<3o:)>:)
Url
Image
Align leftAlign centerAlign rightToggle HTML viewToggle full pageToggle lights
Drop image/file
Home • U.S. Coin ForumComment As ...