<< <i>This was slabbed BEFORE they made the decision to not slab/attributed abraded die varieties. Same thing for 1914/3 and 1914/3-s nickels, some of which were slabbed before the decision was made to no longer slab any of these overdates. >>
Whoa, that's sad to hear! Does PCGS attribute the varieties? I was wanting to cross my nickel at some point.
pcgs does attribute abraded SOME abraded die varieties in the buffalo nickel series. They will do........ 1) 3 and one half legged varieties (13 type one, 17d, 26d, 27d, 36d) 2) two feather varieties but not much else.
Collector of Buffalo Nickels and other 20th century United States Coinage a.k.a "The BUFFINATOR"
In the end, let it never be said that I didn't try to encourage others to collect what they liked and like what they collect, no matter how insignificant. We cannot all be kings, or queens in the hobby. Some of us (me personally) are just enjoying the hobby for what it is. And for me, that is as simple as not being in it "for the money", rather the fun.
A guy just asked me today how in the world someone could pay a dollar for a dime. I laughed and said "some pay millions for a nickel".
to twosides2acoin. 'In the end, let it never be said that I didn't try to encourage others to collect what they liked and like what they collect, no matter how insignificant. We cannot all be kings, or queens in the hobby. Some of us (me personally) are just enjoying the hobby for what it is. And for me, that is as simple as not being in it "for the money", rather the fun. "
Your comment was well taken by me personally, because that is really how I look at coins. Some people are so obsessed with making money on coins that they never really enjoy them. You could not have said it better!
Collector of Buffalo Nickels and other 20th century United States Coinage a.k.a "The BUFFINATOR"
The powers that be ATS have decided that abraded die coins aren't worthy of slabbing, even the mainstream, Red Book stuff like the '36-D 3 1/2 legged. Since the 1937-D 3 legged is the same type of error I don't know why they slab that one either.
I know that variety coins, including doubled dies and abraded dies, have piqued my interest and made collecting much more interesting during the last 25 years, just when it needed to be re-ignited.
Thank you for the update and it is cool that you found this coin. I will have to look through mine sometime to see if I have any of these not to mention taking a gander at the bay to see if I can pic some when I am feeling better.
Good luck in finding this and other buff varieties. There should be more out there of this one. And there are more abraded die varieties out there yet undiscovered I bet.
Collector of Buffalo Nickels and other 20th century United States Coinage a.k.a "The BUFFINATOR"
To Samika Yes the image of the entire coin was needed and I was glad to be able to provide that as soon as the coin came back from SEGS, The blowup of the leg area was done with a Tomy Tutor childs microscope which I got from ebay.
(Update Jan 10) My personal opinion is that this is indeed an abraded die variety. A number of personnel at the grading service looked at this coin and they came to the same conclusion. I know of one collector who told me that he had seen a couple over the years but passed on them and he knew of another collector who also had seen a couple. So, along with this coin, that brings the total "pop" to 5 or less, if you want to give some credence to these two unverified sightings. Whatever the number struck it must be minuscule, just like its brother die # 1. They just aint out there in any quantity or they would have been reported long ago.
Collector of Buffalo Nickels and other 20th century United States Coinage a.k.a "The BUFFINATOR"
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<< <i>This was slabbed BEFORE they made the decision to not slab/attributed abraded die varieties. Same thing for 1914/3 and 1914/3-s nickels, some of which were
slabbed before the decision was made to no longer slab any of these overdates. >>
Whoa, that's sad to hear! Does PCGS attribute the varieties? I was wanting to cross my nickel at some point.
They will do........
1) 3 and one half legged varieties (13 type one, 17d, 26d, 27d, 36d)
2) two feather varieties
but not much else.
a.k.a "The BUFFINATOR"
A guy just asked me today how in the world someone could pay a dollar for a dime. I laughed and said "some pay millions for a nickel".
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'In the end, let it never be said that I didn't try to encourage others to collect what they liked and like what they collect, no matter how insignificant. We cannot all be kings, or queens in the hobby. Some of us (me personally) are just enjoying the hobby for what it is. And for me, that is as simple as not being in it "for the money", rather the fun. "
Your comment was well taken by me personally, because that is really how I look at coins. Some people are so obsessed with making money on coins that they never really enjoy them. You could not have said it better!
a.k.a "The BUFFINATOR"
I know that variety coins, including doubled dies and abraded dies, have piqued my interest and made collecting much more interesting during the last 25 years, just when it needed to be re-ignited.
a.k.a "The BUFFINATOR"
Yes the image of the entire coin was needed and I was glad to be able to provide that as soon as the coin came back from SEGS,
The blowup of the leg area was done with a Tomy Tutor childs microscope which I got from ebay.
(Update Jan 10)
My personal opinion is that this is indeed an abraded die variety. A number of personnel at the grading service looked at this coin
and they came to the same conclusion. I know of one collector who told me that he had seen a couple over the years but passed
on them and he knew of another collector who also had seen a couple. So, along with this coin, that brings the total "pop"
to 5 or less, if you want to give some credence to these two unverified sightings. Whatever the number struck it must be
minuscule, just like its brother die # 1. They just aint out there in any quantity or they would have been reported long ago.
a.k.a "The BUFFINATOR"