1918/7 D Buff. Real or not?

topstuf · April 9, 2003 1:32AM

Forget grade. I ...think...I see the jaw die crack.........or just hope so.
whaddya think?

kranky · April 9, 2003 1:41AM

I think it could be the real deal.

airplanenut · April 9, 2003 2:16AM

Send it to ANACS... I have no idea, but it could be real... it looks like one

homerunhall · April 9, 2003 3:41AM

Look at the mint mark for a clue. Genuine overdates have a tilted D.

David Hall

goose3 · April 9, 2003 3:56AM

There is also a die crack somewhere on or near the braid. (I can't remember offhand!) It is usually seen even on lower graded ones.

goose3 · April 9, 2003 3:57AM

duh....didn't read your post!!
the date looks good to me.

topstuf · April 9, 2003 5:16AM

David, the "D" looks right. Looking up in my PCGS official grading book and the D lines up with the "E" in "FIVE" just like the picture.

intocoins · April 9, 2003 5:18AM

It looks like it to me .

Did you check to see if the designers initial F under the date has a P like appearance. Also check to see if the left side of the D mintmark lines up with the right side of the E in FIVE.

Remember the Die crack is not seen in all examples, so it is possible you could have a early die state coin if the die crack is not present.

The Die crack starts above the braid in the indians hair and runs at about 3:30 to 4:00 o'clock position

topstuf · April 9, 2003 5:32AM

I..........CAN'T.............slab it.

It's in a complete set in a Library of Coins album and this is the only low grade coin in the bunch.

The set is not magnificent by any stretch, but all the coins grade at least VF and are just clean examples of the pocket change of the "roaring twenties." It's just neat in an album.

Sentimental Fool

kranky · April 9, 2003 5:38AM

You could have it slabbed (to know one way or the other if it's a genuine overdate) then crack it out. If it were me, I'd have to know for sure!

BillJones · April 9, 2003 7:26AM

Well, I'd get it slabbed album or not. If it were a set of Lincoln cents, most collectors won't touch a set with a raw S-VDB for very good reason. The ideal solution would be the old ANACS papers, but that option has gone by the boards.

topstuf · April 9, 2003 8:45AM

It's always an option. May do it someday. At present, no plans to sell it so might as well leave it.

Make the HEIRS work a bit. heh heh

Merc · April 9, 2003 1:40PM

It is real. All of the die characteristics check out. You don't need to have it slabbed unless you are selling it and need to get top dollar for it.

lordmarcovan · April 9, 2003 1:59PM

Yeah- get it slabbed with some economy deal, crack it out, and keep the insert. Worth it just to know, maybe?

Looks real to me. But then, I have exactly as much experience with 1918/7 Buffs as I do with Coiled Hair Stellas, if you knowhutimean...

1918/7 D Buff. Real or not?

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