What are the top 3 toughest P mint Buffalo Nickels?

mr1931S

In XF or AU condition...Full Horn...Bold date
1913 I?
1913 II?
1914?
1915?
1916?
1917?
1918?
1919?
1920?
1921?
1923?

Disregard varieties like 1914,4 over 3 or 1916,DblDie Obv. in your consideration. I have my list of toughest top 3 from the dates listed above.What is yours?

rec78

Not my area, so I will guess. In my quest-some 30 years ago- I found a 1925 to be very tough.

1. 1923

2. 1920

3. 1918 then 1917.

JMO - not an expert or even an amateur on these.

Broadstruck

I feel the 1921 has to be pretty tough, but have not searched below AU58.

mr1931S

I'm thinking the '18 is definitely in the top 3 toughest of these.How tough is the '13 II.At last show,I saw quite a number of '13 I's in XF or AU but only one '13 II which I bought.I would say '14 or '15 has got to be tougher than '13 II,though.

Type2

Most of the coins in the 20's But that is just me.

mr1931S

I bought a small herd of Buffs and do notice that there aren't as many nice Philly pieces from the '20's as I expected.There were some '13 I's seen but no '14,no '15.Not a single full date from the teens was seen.

ad4400

Not sure about the 'toughest' of the dates you list, but I did an AU/MS set and I never thought of the Philly minted coins as being particularly challenged in the date/horn arena.

gyocomgd

<< <i>Not my area, so I will guess. In my quest-some 30 years ago- I found a 1925 to be very tough.

1. 1923
2. 1920
3. 1918 then 1917.
>>



Perceptive, and pretty darned accurate. I go along with other posts that cite 1925 and 1921, too.

Incidentally, I've never quite understood references to proliferations in "XF and AU grades." David Lange does that a lot in his buffalo nickel book. It seems to me that whatever is available in MS, would pretty much have the same availability in circulated grades.

mr1931S

Not sure about the 'toughest' of the dates you list, but I did an AU/MS set and I never thought of the Philly minted coins as being particularly challenged in the date/horn arena.

The challenge really is in finding,say,a full horn bold date,no problem original 1918 example for one's collection.It's a "tough" date in Buffalo Nickels if even the Philly is hard to find nice.

Shamika

1922, 1932, and 1933.

Shamika

Seriously, I'd say 1921 (low mintage), 1920 (poor quality), and 1925 (poor strikes) are the three toughest P mints.

Cocoinut

1. 1918

2. 1921

3. 1924

Jim

mr1931S

The top 3 in my admittedly limited experience is 1918,1921,and 1925.

breakdown

I always thought 1918 was a tough date. Still don't have one that I like.

mr1931S

Picked up a nice '18 last show.Was somewhat surprised to see it actually.The dealer was firm on price so I just paid him what he wanted for it.

coinkat

What a great question-

I suppose I should not respond mainly because it would not help- But I am mainly because there is a counter theory to this which is sort of about hoards and personal experience. I suppose that based upon the results, my experience is contrary and i would vote first for 1915 followed by 1921 then by 1917

Shamika

<< <i>What a great question-

I suppose I should not respond mainly because it would not help- But I am mainly because there is a counter theory to this which is sort of about hoards and personal experience. I suppose that based upon the results, my experience is contrary and i would vote first for 1915 followed by 1921 then by 1917 >>



The 1915 hasn't been to difficult for me, but the 1917 is indeed very underappreciated. I considered it in place of the 1925.

gyocomgd

<< <i>I always thought 1918 was a tough date. Still don't have one that I like. >>



Would you find this one acceptable?

Shamika

KILLER!!!

mr1931S

That's a stunner '18 gyocomgd. I am taking availability into account when considering "toughness."Mintage of 32M should be more available but it's not.
Buff like gyocomgd's '18 is hard to find at any price.

The '18 I bought last show is a well-struck XF/AU and I am very happy with it.I'm going to try to make a decent image of it to post here later.

Anyone have image of a nice '21 to post?