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A poor man's 18/17-D Buffalo?

kevinstangkevinstang Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭
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A while back I acid dated this coin (don't worry- it was completely dateless), something looked funny about the "8" in the date afterwards-looked flat topped, so I treated the whole coin. I later looked at some genuine overdates at a nearby dealer (he had several very nice high grade). The flat top "8" and barely visible traces of the downward leg were what I noticed in his coins. I think I see them in this coin that I treated (flat top and traces of 7 in the loops), anyways it has filled the whole in my Dansco Buffalo book. Here are some photos:

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    koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's an overdate.
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    TexasNationalsTexasNationals Posts: 3,837 ✭
    yep, 18/17
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    21Walker21Walker Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭
    Nice touch........I'll give you 4 reprocessed 43 steel cents for it (only kidding).......Rick
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    koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    BTW-nice 'pick!
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    BruceswarBruceswar Posts: 2,869
    Nice find there!
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    RampageRampage Posts: 9,679 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice job!
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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations.............that's the Overdate.

    Don't sell yourself short.........

    That coin has value in ANY grade.

    Pete
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    RampageRampage Posts: 9,679 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Did you use nic-a-date or some other acid? The date came through quite well.
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    seanqseanq Posts: 8,825 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A dealer I've known forever bought four Nic-a-Dated 1918/17-D nickels from a collector who went through thousands of dateless buffaloes. ANACS net-graded them "Good details net AG" and he wound up getting $350-400 apiece for them. This same collector found two 1916 DDOs, those can be attributed without restoring the date by the strongly doubled feathers.


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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very cool find... and interesting technique... sounds as if it may take a bit of practice though. Cheers, RickO
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    kevinstangkevinstang Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Did you use nic-a-date or some other acid? The date came through quite well >>



    Used nic-a-date, once just on date area of coin-thats when I noticed the "8" looked a little difference, so I retreated the entire obverse with the stuff. It makes a great hole filler in the Dansco buffalo album I have-never could understand why they put a slot for it in there. Have kept a look out on the dateless coins I see for the doubled feathers to identify a 16 double die as well. Now someday to fill the hole for the 37-D 3 leg ...
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    GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭
    nice find!

    Worth a few hundred probably

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