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buffalo nickel with ...WOW...factor
lasvegasteddy
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not my coin
cruising the internet...i guess this was up at auction with a reserve of $3k in late march...it didn't sell
i think of all the coins with spots..
i could handle this one...enjoy if ya do
cruising the internet...i guess this was up at auction with a reserve of $3k in late march...it didn't sell
i think of all the coins with spots..
i could handle this one...enjoy if ya do
everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see
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If there was ever an argument for not talking while holding a raw coin, this is it. Those black spots are most likely the result of 'spittle', from someone speaking while holding that coin while it was raw. Spittle is invisible when it happens, but its lasting effects are anything but invisible. Beautiful coin, forever ruined.
Had purchased a CAM Proof buffalo one time because seller didn't price it correctly due to cam designation. In actuality he did, because it was a hard sale,(had spots and wasn't even this bad) ended up having to auction it due to spots and barley came out.
I personally would never buy a coin that had spots like this for myself
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A coin like this might only trade if priced a grade or two lower as most all Proof Buff collectors run away from any spots.
lostincoins, I doubt this could be restored as you'd loose the color and would still be stuck with the spots.
<< <i>Looks artificially toned to me. >>
This
<< <i>The spots are a MAJOR negative. It is a coin I would pass on. A coin needs more than just pretty colors. >>
I'll second that.
<< <i>Very interesting, if you look up the ngc cert no., the ngc photo which is very poor ie dark shows the same coin without the spotting. >>
The poor NGC verification cert scans show some spotting in the reverse fields.
The scanning service was introduced in 2009 and this may very well have progressed while in the holder.
Interestingly NGC values this at $1700.
as an aerospace machinist...closest tolerance i had to hold was one part had "+ or -" 50 millionths determining it to be a good part or scrap
my boss and i cornered that one engineer over .001 true position from 3 data planes on a part...turned out it was simply for a on and off switch
over-engineering like perfection-ISM
truly can be a killjoy of life itself
had this buffalo not had smallpox exactly how much could this of been traded at
while some only collect ms70/pr70
some metal detectors jump for joy over a corroded 1944 mercury dime they just found...which one is right?
a coin as displayed surely doesn't deserve to end up in the recycling bin or being called "dreck" or junk
to me something gets lost in such
i'll accept a sweet coin with a hit or 2
as stated in op
i usually pass on spots...but this one...i'd happily accept
even if it has a swarm of bees at this rainbow's end
i love this buffalo...to me it's a beauty above perfectionism
thanks for all the replies and i hope no offence was taken or is implied
my girl isn't named "PARIS" rolling up in her pink ferrari with this on a leash
<< <i>a coin as displayed surely doesn't deserve to end up in the recycling bin or being called "dreck" >>
No but some other Yiddish words like "oy vey, bupkes, & shmutz" come to mind
<< <i>I don't see how it can possibly be a 66 with all the carbon spots. >>
This. that many spots limit a coin to 64 in my eyes. If the spots could be "curated" away, I'd gladly give up the color, but this coin is probably going to be toxic inventory for someone because of the spots.
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