NIC-A-DATE fun
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I finally sprung for some NIC-A-DATE,date restorer for Buffalo Nickels.I have a small herd of well-worn Buffalo nickels that have been bugging me to help them reveal their birth dates and,in some cases,where they were born....
Coin #1: 1916-D. Birthdate came out real bold on this guy.Just a drop of NAD on the date area for about a minute appears to do the job nicely.
Coin #2: 1919. I put a drop of NIC-A-DATE on where the mintmark would be on this one.No mintmark was revealed.Born in Philadelphia,PA.
Coin #3: 1923. Rinse the coin in water after about a minute.If first treatment with NAD doesn't reveal the date,apply again.
I'm going to eat some lunch.Back later with more results.I have a herd of 33 Buffs to NAD.
Coin #4: 1917. I'm finding that not leaving the NAD on for too long is the way to go.
Coin #5: 1916. No double date...darn it...
Next one is an 'S' mint:
Coin #6: 1918-S. It might be my imagination but the Indian does seem happier on the Buffs that I've NAD'ed so far.
Coin #7: 1923.The most reluctant one yet to reveal it's birthdate year.Took three applications of NAD.That's okay though.Very little NAD has been used thus far out of my 1-1/4 oz. bottle. Area of the date turned out darker on this one than the Buffs I have completed NIC-A-DATing thus far.I am hoping that if I NAD something really exciting it turns out without the darkness on the date.
Here's a couple of 'S's':
Coin #8: 1916-S. I've got all the '16's now for my NAD date/mint set.
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Coin #9: 1915-S. Lowest mintage yet.1,505,000 made. Redbook says $50 in G-4. Nice bold date after NAD treatment and no "darkness." $10-$12 coin?
Coin #10: 1916-D.This '16-D will be a trader for me since coin #1,a '16-D,is the nicer of the two.'16-D is listed at $16 in G-4.NAD'ed '16-D is perhaps a $1-$2 coin?
I am really impressed with this NIC-A-DATE stuff.I've already found a '15-S,an '18-S,and two '16-D's and still have 23 coins to go.
Coin #11: 1913.Type II.The most worn Buff NAD treated thus far.After applying the drop of NAD to the date,i wick the NAD droplet off with a piece of paper towel prior to rinsing in water.I'm confident that i won't botch the job if I NAD something really good like a '13-S II or a 1916/16 or a 1918/17-D.
Here's another 'D,' rivaling coin #11 in wear:
Coin #12: 1913-D.Type II.Just the 'S' mintmark to go to complete the '13 II's.Can I be so lucky?
Coin #13: 1917. A nice bold date appears with no darkness after NAD treatment.From the standpoint of date appearance,the best one yet.
Coin #14: 1916. 1916 happens to be the 3rd highest mintage date Buff.Only the 1936 and 1937 Philly issues have higher mintage's than 1916.
Here's another 'S.' The 'S' used looks early...cross your fingers for me...I will be back a little later after smoking a cigar for luck...
Coin #15: 1914-S.Close but no cigar.lol.Still,'14-S is a good date.Redbook says $26 in G-4.This is a $2-$3 coin as an acid date?
I advise using NIC-A-DATE with caution.I burned my pinky finger a bit by accidently getting some NIC-A-DATE on it earlier.Contains: Ferric-Chloride.
The experiment will be accomplished by spreading NIC-A-DATE on the entire reverse of coin #7,the coin botched by me earlier.One more coin before "the full Buffalo monty":
Coin #16: 1926-D.NAD was applied twice on the mint-mark area and a barely visible 'D' appears.Mintmarks are tougher to expose than dates it seems.
Okay,time for the experiment...."After NAD treatment" picture will be posted a little later provided my camera battery hangs in there...
Before NAD treatment:
After NAD treatment:
One would think that the details on the Buffalo would come out some after treating with NAD but this clearly is not the case.The piece looks worse after treatment,in my opinion.The botch is complete.I will put this Buff to pasture in my grandson's college fund bank as his reward for courageously enduring the indignities I have inflicted upon him with NAD.
Coin #17: 1916-D.The third one discovered of this date/mint.
Coin #18: 1916-D.The fourth one discovered of this date/mint.
Coin #19: 1914-D. Key date.$90 in G-4 according to Redbook (2014).YES!
Coin #20: 1916-D. The fifth one discovered of this date/mint. Anyone need a NADed '16-D?
Coin #21: 1918-S. This is my last 'S' mint to get NADed.
Coin #22: 1923. The '23's are real stubborn giving up their birthdate it seems.NAD applied twice to this one with date still barely readable.
Coin #23: 1916. This guy might have been born in Denver but I'm going to move right along at this point.As an aside,Buffalo Bill Cody is buried on Lookout Mountain,Golden,Colorado which is just west of Denver.Buffalo Bill died in 1917 while visiting his sister in Denver.
Coin #24: 1919. Another bold date birthdate revealed with the help of NAD.
Coin #25: 1920. All years from 1913 to 1920 are now represented at least once.
Coin #26: 1919. Redbook shows this date as $2.25 in G-4.This one after being NADed is a 10¢ coin in my estimation.7-1/2¢ before NAD,10¢ after.
Coin #27: 1919. Again,7-1/2¢ before NAD,10¢ after.I'm on a roll...
Coin #28: 1917. 7¢ after NADing.Has reverse damage.Going in grandson's college fund bank to provide company for buff #7.
Coin #29: 1917. The buffalo on this one appears to have had the s*&% squeezed out of it.
Coin #30: 1919. The fifth 1919 discovered with NAD.
Coin #31: 1929. The youngest buffalo in the NADed herd.
Coin #32: 1925. You all are probably noticing by now that the dateless teen years vastly outnumber the dateless twenties years.I think there was an improvement in the design sometime in the twenties so that the date wouldn't wear off so easily but I'm not sure about this.
Coin #33: 1913. Type II.The '3' in the '13 can be initially tough,as it was here with coin #33, to distinguish from a '5' but NIC-A-DATE fixes it.
I hope you all enjoyed yourself here.I've got enough NIC-A-DATE left over for at least 1000 more dateless Buffs.
The best three Buffs in the once dateless herd of 33 are the '13-D II,the '14-D,and the '15-S. My estimation of their value (wholesale) is about $40 for these three.I decline putting a price on how much fun I've had with my bottle of NIC-A-DATE today,however.
Coin #1: 1916-D. Birthdate came out real bold on this guy.Just a drop of NAD on the date area for about a minute appears to do the job nicely.
Coin #2: 1919. I put a drop of NIC-A-DATE on where the mintmark would be on this one.No mintmark was revealed.Born in Philadelphia,PA.
Coin #3: 1923. Rinse the coin in water after about a minute.If first treatment with NAD doesn't reveal the date,apply again.
I'm going to eat some lunch.Back later with more results.I have a herd of 33 Buffs to NAD.
Coin #4: 1917. I'm finding that not leaving the NAD on for too long is the way to go.
Coin #5: 1916. No double date...darn it...
Next one is an 'S' mint:
Coin #6: 1918-S. It might be my imagination but the Indian does seem happier on the Buffs that I've NAD'ed so far.
Coin #7: 1923.The most reluctant one yet to reveal it's birthdate year.Took three applications of NAD.That's okay though.Very little NAD has been used thus far out of my 1-1/4 oz. bottle. Area of the date turned out darker on this one than the Buffs I have completed NIC-A-DATing thus far.I am hoping that if I NAD something really exciting it turns out without the darkness on the date.
Here's a couple of 'S's':
Coin #8: 1916-S. I've got all the '16's now for my NAD date/mint set.
.Coin #9: 1915-S. Lowest mintage yet.1,505,000 made. Redbook says $50 in G-4. Nice bold date after NAD treatment and no "darkness." $10-$12 coin?
Coin #10: 1916-D.This '16-D will be a trader for me since coin #1,a '16-D,is the nicer of the two.'16-D is listed at $16 in G-4.NAD'ed '16-D is perhaps a $1-$2 coin?
I am really impressed with this NIC-A-DATE stuff.I've already found a '15-S,an '18-S,and two '16-D's and still have 23 coins to go.
Coin #11: 1913.Type II.The most worn Buff NAD treated thus far.After applying the drop of NAD to the date,i wick the NAD droplet off with a piece of paper towel prior to rinsing in water.I'm confident that i won't botch the job if I NAD something really good like a '13-S II or a 1916/16 or a 1918/17-D.
Here's another 'D,' rivaling coin #11 in wear:
Coin #12: 1913-D.Type II.Just the 'S' mintmark to go to complete the '13 II's.Can I be so lucky?
Coin #13: 1917. A nice bold date appears with no darkness after NAD treatment.From the standpoint of date appearance,the best one yet.
Coin #14: 1916. 1916 happens to be the 3rd highest mintage date Buff.Only the 1936 and 1937 Philly issues have higher mintage's than 1916.
Here's another 'S.' The 'S' used looks early...cross your fingers for me...I will be back a little later after smoking a cigar for luck...
Coin #15: 1914-S.Close but no cigar.lol.Still,'14-S is a good date.Redbook says $26 in G-4.This is a $2-$3 coin as an acid date?
I advise using NIC-A-DATE with caution.I burned my pinky finger a bit by accidently getting some NIC-A-DATE on it earlier.Contains: Ferric-Chloride.
The experiment will be accomplished by spreading NIC-A-DATE on the entire reverse of coin #7,the coin botched by me earlier.One more coin before "the full Buffalo monty":
Coin #16: 1926-D.NAD was applied twice on the mint-mark area and a barely visible 'D' appears.Mintmarks are tougher to expose than dates it seems.
Okay,time for the experiment...."After NAD treatment" picture will be posted a little later provided my camera battery hangs in there...
Before NAD treatment:
After NAD treatment:
One would think that the details on the Buffalo would come out some after treating with NAD but this clearly is not the case.The piece looks worse after treatment,in my opinion.The botch is complete.I will put this Buff to pasture in my grandson's college fund bank as his reward for courageously enduring the indignities I have inflicted upon him with NAD.
Coin #17: 1916-D.The third one discovered of this date/mint.
Coin #18: 1916-D.The fourth one discovered of this date/mint.
Coin #19: 1914-D. Key date.$90 in G-4 according to Redbook (2014).YES!
Coin #20: 1916-D. The fifth one discovered of this date/mint. Anyone need a NADed '16-D?
Coin #21: 1918-S. This is my last 'S' mint to get NADed.
Coin #22: 1923. The '23's are real stubborn giving up their birthdate it seems.NAD applied twice to this one with date still barely readable.
Coin #23: 1916. This guy might have been born in Denver but I'm going to move right along at this point.As an aside,Buffalo Bill Cody is buried on Lookout Mountain,Golden,Colorado which is just west of Denver.Buffalo Bill died in 1917 while visiting his sister in Denver.
Coin #24: 1919. Another bold date birthdate revealed with the help of NAD.
Coin #25: 1920. All years from 1913 to 1920 are now represented at least once.
Coin #26: 1919. Redbook shows this date as $2.25 in G-4.This one after being NADed is a 10¢ coin in my estimation.7-1/2¢ before NAD,10¢ after.
Coin #27: 1919. Again,7-1/2¢ before NAD,10¢ after.I'm on a roll...
Coin #28: 1917. 7¢ after NADing.Has reverse damage.Going in grandson's college fund bank to provide company for buff #7.
Coin #29: 1917. The buffalo on this one appears to have had the s*&% squeezed out of it.
Coin #30: 1919. The fifth 1919 discovered with NAD.
Coin #31: 1929. The youngest buffalo in the NADed herd.
Coin #32: 1925. You all are probably noticing by now that the dateless teen years vastly outnumber the dateless twenties years.I think there was an improvement in the design sometime in the twenties so that the date wouldn't wear off so easily but I'm not sure about this.
Coin #33: 1913. Type II.The '3' in the '13 can be initially tough,as it was here with coin #33, to distinguish from a '5' but NIC-A-DATE fixes it.
I hope you all enjoyed yourself here.I've got enough NIC-A-DATE left over for at least 1000 more dateless Buffs.
The best three Buffs in the once dateless herd of 33 are the '13-D II,the '14-D,and the '15-S. My estimation of their value (wholesale) is about $40 for these three.I decline putting a price on how much fun I've had with my bottle of NIC-A-DATE today,however.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert Einstein
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--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.I don't know.Let's find out after I smoke my cigar.I'm not going to use coin #15 for this experiment,however.I will dunk the Buffalo's head on coin #7.A full horn might appear after NADing?
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert Einstein
Finding one of those would really make my day.What would an acid date 1918/7-D fetch on ebay,for example? I notice in my Redbook $1000 for a G-4.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert Einstein
Hope you get a KILLER date !!!!!!
Drunner
<< <i>What happens if you dunk the whole coin in NAD? Does it make everything look sharper? >>
Was wondering about that myself . . .
HH
1947-P & D; 1948-D; 1949-P & S; 1950-D & S; and 1952-S.
Any help locating any of these OBW rolls would be gratefully appreciated!
<< <i>Don't forget to look for the 1918 8 over 7. My first go round, I found 2 of them.
Finding one of those would really make my day.What would an acid date 1918/7-D fetch on ebay,for example? I notice in my Redbook $1000 for a G-4. >>
I'd asked the experts here...because I had no clue, they'd said 100-200. I sold the first one for $650.00, and the second example which had been slashed multiple times with a knife went for $150ish on bids.
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Sheeeezzzz . . I missed Game 5 of the NBA Finals waiting for you to send in the next results!!!
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Sorry you missed basketball game.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert Einstein
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Cool! Please post an image of one that the date reappeared. (If you can)
I wanted to show two others,the ones that turned out best from the standpoint of sharpness and pleasing date appearance after NADing but my camera battery gave up the ghost shortly after imaging the '13-D II.These are a 1916 and a 1917.One can read the date on both of these from across the room.If I can get over to the Walmart for a new battery today,I might post images of these two later.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert Einstein