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1938-D Buffalo Nickel...common beyond belief!
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I had a Borders Book Store 30% discount coupon that would have expired today. I used it to buy a copy of the Q. David Bowers book, "A Guide Book of Buffalo and Jefferson Nickels."
I had always heard that the 1938-D Buffalo was common, but the numbers in the book were eye-opening:
Certified population, combined PCGS, NGC & ANACS: MS65 250,000; MS66 36,084; MS67 2,544; MS68 16.
Compare that to the second most common date from the 1930's, the 1937-P: MS65 5,759; MS66 6,102; MS67 534; MS68 7.
I recall a few years back I was looking for a Buffalo Nickel type coin for my nephew's type set. I didn't want a 1938-D. I ended up buying an exceptionally nice (and probably undergraded) 1937-S in a very early NGC fatty MS-65 holder.
It cost $35.
I had always heard that the 1938-D Buffalo was common, but the numbers in the book were eye-opening:
Certified population, combined PCGS, NGC & ANACS: MS65 250,000; MS66 36,084; MS67 2,544; MS68 16.
Compare that to the second most common date from the 1930's, the 1937-P: MS65 5,759; MS66 6,102; MS67 534; MS68 7.
I recall a few years back I was looking for a Buffalo Nickel type coin for my nephew's type set. I didn't want a 1938-D. I ended up buying an exceptionally nice (and probably undergraded) 1937-S in a very early NGC fatty MS-65 holder.
It cost $35.
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Yep, speculators went nuts on this date knowing it was about to be replaced with the Jefferson nickel. So much so that BU pieces are nearly more common than circulated pieces.
<< <i>I had a Borders Book Store 30% discount coupon that would have expired today. I used it to buy a copy of the Q. David Bowers book, "A Guide Book of Buffalo and Jefferson Nickels."
I had always heard that the 1938-D Buffalo was common, but the numbers in the book were eye-opening:
Certified population, combined PCGS, NGC & ANACS: MS65 250,000; MS66 36,084; MS67 2,544; MS68 16.
Compare that to the second most common date from the 1930's, the 1937-P: MS65 5,759; MS66 6,102; MS67 534; MS68 7.
I recall a few years back I was looking for a Buffalo Nickel type coin for my nephew's type set. I didn't want a 1938-D. I ended up buying an exceptionally nice (and probably undergraded) 1937-S in a very early NGC fatty MS-65 holder.
It cost $35. >>
Does it give RPM's like D/D D/S.
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Certified population, combined PCGS, NGC & ANACS: MS65 250,000; MS66 36,084; MS67 2,544; MS68 16.
Compare that to the second most common date from the 1930's, the 1937-P: MS65 5,759; MS66 6,102; MS67 534; MS68 7.
Looks like a typo, maybe 25,000 instead of 250,000. The pop reports show that PCGS and NGC have each graded more 1938-D as 66 than as 65.
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Three years ago, I picked up a spectacularly toned one in an OGH in MS 66 for bluesheet. It upgraded to a 7. It isn't worth a great deal, but where else can you find a buffalo nickel that is an honest 7 for under $300?
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I am putting together an AU set and may have to take an MS 38-D and carry it in my pocket for a few weeks to add it to my set
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<< <i> They're common as dirt, but if you're looking for lustre, strike and overall eye appeal they represent the height of the series. >>
They're very nice, but this is going a bit far, I think. Others in the series make far better type coins. They're more expensive, but nicer in every respect. The 1915 is a good example.
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<< <i> They're common as dirt, but if you're looking for lustre, strike and overall eye appeal they represent the height of the series. >>
They're very nice, but this is going a bit far, I think. Others in the series make far better type coins. They're more expensive, but nicer in every respect. The 1915 is a good example. >>
Perhaps, but I don't believe I have seen an unattractive technical gem 1938-D ever, and there are plenty of them to go around too. Many have the most wonderfull champagne toning with tasteful hints of other colors.
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They're common in uncirculated, but they often bring more than twice the common date price in lower circulated grades.
Probably because of their relatively low mintage compared to other late dates, and the 1938 being struck at only one mint.
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