1926-D Buffalo Nickel PCGS MS 66 - does anyone recall a rainbow toned one w/ a great strike being au

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1926-D Buffalo Nickel PCGS MS 66 - does anyone recall a rainbow toned one with a great strike being auctioned off recently?

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flyingcougar13

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<< <i>PCGS MS 66 >>

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<< <i>great strike >>

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<< <i>rainbow toned >>



I always keep an eye out for one of those, pop 15/1. The last one I saw was this one LINK. Maybe two out of three. Sorry couldn't help more.

Shamika

This 1926-D is the closest Buffalo to what you're describing that I've seen.

caitlin

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I sold one two yrs ago and well you know the story wished I haden't. I've been looking hard for that same coin ever since.

As far as the ms 65 that SHAMIKA is referring to that's not it
I just had ANR send that coin to me for veiwing and even though it has an ms 66 strike it dosen't have the rainbow toning your looking for.

PS. let me know if you find one.

stephunter

That barber quarter, Proof 69* Ultra Cameo. Your killing me. That coin will be on my mind for weeks.

caitlin

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I think I found one but this can't be it, their asking $16,000 for it. Still interested?

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It must not be, Caitlin. I did though, just buy the one i was thinking about buying which gave rise to this thread. It's not struck like a proof or a 1938-d but it is as good as any that i saw in Heritage's archive (and better than the vast majority), and it is, as i alluded, rainbow toned. I'll be asking around $12,000 for it. Depends on my mood. (And for anyone who wants to again criticize me for mentioning a coin that i will have for sale, meet me outside the bar, in the alley. I'll be wearing the black leather gloves.)

By the way, Caitlin, is your name a reference to the author (and illustrator?) from the 1800s who wrote extensively about the Indians of North America?

caitlin

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1926-d ms-66 Toned Buffalo Nickel? If your coin is still available I'd love to see an image.

caitlin

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I thought some of you would like to see it.

sTONER

nice buffalo rainbow,,what color gloves will you be wearing??????STEVE

poorguy

I hope you don't mind that I lightened your picture up just a bit. Very beautiful coin by the way.

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"nice buffalo rainbow,,what color gloves will you be wearing?"

Rainbow.

Poorguy -- with regard to you lightening the images -- cool. Looks better.

originalisbest

What a coin!!!

Here's a fun theoretical - with a strike like that - but say, it had just enough wear to make it an AU-55 - what should that particular AU-55 be priced at? Would the savvy buyer want such an AU-55, vs. the typically mushy, technically UNC '26-D?

jom

originalisbest: That depends on the coin. I personally don't go for the strike as much as I do the "look". As much as the strike doesn't effect the "look" too much. My 26-D rivals this one in that its OBVERSE strike is a gem BUT (a BIG but..heh) is that the reverse is Mushville. Nice toning however so it got a "star" from NGC at MS63.

Of course, you could get BOTH. Find a nice MS piece and then get a great strike in AU58. The problem with the latter is that Buffs (as well as other coins from the early 20th century) are VERY hard to find in nice AU condition...let alone a well struck 26-D.

jom

originalisbest

jom - you speaks the truth, you do.