Awesome Buffalo find at the Bellaire, TX show today...

cmerlo1

I can't even begin to tell you how may 1917 nickels I've gone through over the years, looking for this variety (FS-801). Finally, at the Bellaire show today, I found one! The doubling is fantastic, far more obvious than I expected. PCGS pop for all grades is 6. This is one rare buffalo!

LanceNewmanOCC

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congratz!

that is some nice doubling
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STONE

Very nice, I will need to keep an eye out for this DDR!

fcloud

It is always a joy when you get to find what you "were" looking for!

stealer

Now it's time to look for the second one...

RichieURich

Congratulations! Very nice find, and I agree, it is quite rare!

cmerlo1

<< <i>Now it's time to look for the second one... >>



Oh, I plan to .

erickso1

I had a whole roll of BU ones that looked like that. Thought it was shelf doubling so I ran them down to the local pawn shop and traded them for a pretty sweet college football game for my playstation.


Nice find. Never knew they existed, but will be on the lookout for them now.

TAMU15

Nice I was at the bellaire show yesterday had alot of fun

Ahmanfan

So what are we looking for on this coin? I'm not familiar with doubling.

DorkGirl

<< <i>So what are we looking for on this coin? I'm not familiar with doubling. >>



Look at the bottom of the letters in "E Pluribus Unum" .

coolkarma

Congratulations! A great find! That is one rare coin, and one of a handful of buffalo varieties I have not picked. I guess there is still hope I'll find one unattributed. CherryPickers' gives it a URS-5, 9-16 known while the Authoritative Reference gives it a URS-7, 33-64 known. An absolutely incredible pick!

Since you seem to collect them also, you "suck"!

Enjoy!

BUFFNIXX

A beautiful find! One of the best deals I ever made was buying the original ANACS MS64 1917 DDR for
$2895 from dealer Sam Lukes in 1998. Sam and I were competing for it in a Teletrade auction a few years prior to that and Sam won it for I believe around $1900. I then placed it in the 2007 FUN auction where it
sold for $10,000.00! I have looked and looked for one but, personally have never found one in any grade.
Before selling it in 2007 FUN, I crossed it into an NGC MS64 holder and finally into a PCGS MS64 holder where it probably remains to this day. Any way you slice it a great variety and much rarer than the 1916/1916 for example.
buffnixx

Shamika

Congrats!

Barndog

that's very cool, your persistence paid off!

koynekwest

Chris-

Very nice! And a very tough cherrypick! I've only cherried two of these-both in about the same grade as yours in 20 years of searching. No one knows why this variety is as tough as it is-but it is!

OnWithTheHunt

Congrats, like many others here, still looking for my first.

BUFFNIXX

I just made the picture of the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM my screensaver background.
Wait till my wife sees this.

ricko

Nice find... congratulations... Cheers, RickO

thebeav

That's a great find.....I assume you cherry picked it ?

Yukoncornelius1

<< <i>That's a great find.....I assume you cherry picked it ? >>



Sweet find, I have cherrypicked several 1935 DDR Buffalo's and this one you picked is just as obviou on the E Pluribus Unum.

cmerlo1

Thanks for all the comments, everyone. The coin was a cherrypick. The next step is a trip to PCGS.

The 1935 DDR is another one I still haven't picked after years of looking. I agree its also spectacular, and IIRC, a 65 sold for six figures (correct me if I'm wrong) a while back.