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Mutilated $50 Gold Buffalo

96eagle96eagle Posts: 189
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If I took a ballpeen hammer, and destroyed my unc. buffalo, would it be a sought after piece?? I'm sure it would be the only one. Isn't one of anything desirable?? Any input would be valuable.

96eagle

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  • ledzep87ledzep87 Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭
    It would be worth melt.
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  • GATGAT Posts: 3,146 ✭
    Be worth melt if there's enough left to ID.
    USAF vet 1951-59
  • GATGAT Posts: 3,146 ✭
    Someone beat me to the answer.image
    USAF vet 1951-59
  • 96eagle96eagle Posts: 189
    So it's not a sound money making idea?? What if it was destroyed by a celebrity??
  • hiyosilverhiyosilver Posts: 1,216


    Have Bill Z. carve it into a nice work of art.............image
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  • ledzep87ledzep87 Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭
    There is nothing that can be done to that coin that will make you a millionaire.
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  • MrSpudMrSpud Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭
    I would like to see one that was carried as a pocket piece for 1 or 2 years. Due to the softness of the pure gold I would imagine it would wear down to a low grade quite quickly.
  • 96eagle96eagle Posts: 189
    I here ya Zep, how bout some custard pie?
  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,408 ✭✭✭
    you could sell it on ebay as a discovery error and claim you know nothing bout coins
    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


  • 96eagle96eagle Posts: 189
    Good idea Vegas, must be a sucker somewhere
  • GATGAT Posts: 3,146 ✭
    You need to find an expert Hobo Nickel carver to carve your gold "Injun" up like they did during the depression. Then it might be worth something.imageimage
    USAF vet 1951-59
  • ledzep87ledzep87 Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭
    I agree with GAT. If you do not like the way the coin looks, have it carved into something you like: love token, hobo, etc......
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  • 96eagle96eagle Posts: 189
    Is it that soft it can be carved?? Like with a knife?
  • RickMilauskasRickMilauskas Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭
    Maybe get a jump on the presidential dollars and have all forty-some of the presidents carved into it.
  • LeianaLeiana Posts: 4,349 ✭
    image

    -Amanda
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  • 96eagle96eagle Posts: 189
    any way to artificially tone 24kt gold??
  • LeianaLeiana Posts: 4,349 ✭


    << <i>any way to artificially tone 24kt gold?? >>



    Kool Aid.

    -Amanda
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  • 96eagle96eagle Posts: 189
    amanda, what flavor of koolaid?
  • xphobexphobe Posts: 605
    Sounds like one of them valuable First Strikes!
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  • LeianaLeiana Posts: 4,349 ✭


    << <i>amanda, what flavor of koolaid? >>



    Sugar free cherry.

    -Amanda
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    My Buffalo Nickel Website Home of the Quirky Buffaloes Collection!

    Proud member of the CUFYNA
  • 96eagle96eagle Posts: 189
    my buffalo is for sure a last strike, shallow strike, full of marks
  • GATGAT Posts: 3,146 ✭
    Talking about Presidents, I still have the Bronze Presidents coins that I won as an instant winner in the Shell Oil Co game in the early 70s. Haven't thought of them in years, but they end with Nixon.
    USAF vet 1951-59
  • 96eagle96eagle Posts: 189
    thanks for all your input amanda, you have been a big help
  • LeianaLeiana Posts: 4,349 ✭


    << <i>thanks for all your input amanda, you have been a big help >>



    It's all a bunch of junk I just made up. I hope you were not serious about ATing a coin, because that is simply not tolerated.

    -Amanda
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    I'm a YN working on a type set!

    My Buffalo Nickel Website Home of the Quirky Buffaloes Collection!

    Proud member of the CUFYNA
  • 96eagle96eagle Posts: 189
    amanda it's already soaking in cherry koolaid. what now?
  • PetardedPetarded Posts: 406
    it's already soaking in cherry koolaid. what now?


    ummm, take it out?
  • relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570 ✭

    If you could hammer the image of Jesus into it, you could sell it on eBay for thousands
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  • 96eagle96eagle Posts: 189
    good night all, thanks for all the splendid ideas.

    96eagle
  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you heat it enough over a b-burner so that the gold gets runny like an egg just before its right and then shake the slug a bit and sign it Dali and let it cool, you might have something. image
  • 100proof1957100proof1957 Posts: 6,231 ✭
    imagine what Bill Z could do with that baby !

    put it on a chain,that would be serious Bling !
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  • RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,523 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Has anyone found a 3-legged gold or silver Buffalo yet? Wonder what that would be worth?

    An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.

  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>my buffalo is for sure a last strike, shallow strike, full of marks >>



    That does not mean it can't find a home in a FIRST STRIKE holderimage
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • jayboxxjayboxx Posts: 1,613 ✭✭
    Have Bill Z. carve it into a nice work of art.............

    I agree, that would be cool
  • poorguypoorguy Posts: 4,317 ✭


    << <i>If you could hammer the image of Jesus into it, you could sell it on eBay for thousands >>



    I'm still waiting for someone to "tone" the image of Jesus or Mary on a coin and put it up on eBay.

    I was at a dollar general store in Rockwall and some ointment caught my eye. The label was in mexican but I noticed the main ingredient (Sulfer 10%). I bought it for a buck o' five and opened it up. It was essentially moisturizer creme that was a pale yellow from the sulfer. I got a couple of old franklins and "painted" the design elements. I came back 10 minutes later and they were toned over a mild golden brown! It was kinda neat. It was obvious but I could see how someone could use it to "paint" a design like Jesus or something and put it on eBay. image
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  • MrKelsoMrKelso Posts: 2,912 ✭✭✭
    If I took a ballpeen hammer, and destroyed my unc. buffalo

    Then you would have a First Mute image


    "The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD GOD Almighty."
  • GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭
    It would be really cool, I'll give you that.

    If you want to make a really unique collectable that would bring a premium, run that buffalo through the wash with a few other coins and couple of times and wear it down to a G or VG grade. That would be cool.
  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You'd lose a little money on the unc peices... that's why I like bullion coins! I can carve my initials into a 1988 gold $50 eagle and only lose $40.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,607 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It would be worth melt. >>



    Probably a few percent below melt. I can't imagine anyone paying full melt.




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  • tincuptincup Posts: 5,297 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hmmm.... so give it a try. Let us know how you turn out. image
    ----- kj
  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>thanks for all your input amanda, you have been a big help >>



    It's all a bunch of junk I just made up. I hope you were not serious about ATing a coin, because that is simply not tolerated.

    -Amanda >>



    you had me going there for a minute. shame on youimage

    no soup for you, come back, 1 year!
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  • coinandcurrency242coinandcurrency242 Posts: 1,967 ✭✭✭✭
    You might as well make it jewlry

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