Here's a couple of Buffs I just purchased. Ya wanna see em? GRADES ARE IN...
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I'm happy to say I found a couple of pretty nice Buffs for my collection. They're raw but I think they have potential, they for sure have some nice eye appeal. They've spent many years, decades, in the same album and are strikingly similar in color and toning pattern. Like twins. Yes I feel the 1918 is AU-58 and the 27-d I believe will grade no less than 63 with a good shot at 64. Thanks for looking and comments are always welcome.
Happy hunting, Joe
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I'm very happy with the grades on these two beauties. The 18 was a bit of a supersize as the hipbone and flank were a bit flat. But, it's a weaker strike and the toning was more than likely rubbed off due to the coin album. I thought it might have gone that way and it does make me happy as hell.
If you guessed 63 on the 27-d you did good. Although I was hoping for a 64. At any rate they are very beautiful and I'm happy to add these to my collection.
Thanks to all for playing along.
Happy hunting, Joe
Happy hunting, Joe
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I'm very happy with the grades on these two beauties. The 18 was a bit of a supersize as the hipbone and flank were a bit flat. But, it's a weaker strike and the toning was more than likely rubbed off due to the coin album. I thought it might have gone that way and it does make me happy as hell.
If you guessed 63 on the 27-d you did good. Although I was hoping for a 64. At any rate they are very beautiful and I'm happy to add these to my collection.
Thanks to all for playing along.
Happy hunting, Joe
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Those are really nice!
If I had to pick one solely based on color/tone it would be the 27.
What's going on between 7:30-8:00 on the reverse rim of the 1918?
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<< <i>Those are both very attractive toned Buffalos. Thanks for sharing.
What's going on between 7:30-8:00 on the reverse rim of the 1918? >>
I didn't notice that until you mentioned it. The rim is raised there with no signs of a rim dent. Not sure what ya call it but it's minted that way. A small cud ? Out-of-position collar ?
simply amazing patina's must jump out and trip you while you're on your merry way
as it's crazy all these sweet rainbow buffalo's that find their lost way to you
congrats
Lance.
Must have been long term stored the same way, nice to keep them together still in the same collection.
Did the seller have any more?
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What kind of album was it?
Mike
<< <i>Those are wild.
What kind of album was it? >>
I dunno what kinda coin album they came out of. But I'll assure you they were there for many years to have picked up this type of toning. Thanks to all for the complements, much appreciated.
Happy hunting, Joe
<< <i>I'm going to ask a question that might take this thread to a much broader topic... I've understood in numismatics that natural toning is good and artificial toning is bad. Is this true? How can you tell the difference? And are these Buffalo nickels toned naturally or artificially? Does it matter? >>
The answer to this question is a very tough one, and long. It really does take some time, handling, talking about, and understanding the difference. I'll let some of the other folks here, that are much better explaining the difference, take over. I am not very articulate with words.
<< <i>I believe the 27-D is a 64. >>
Have to agree, I see nothing 63 about that coin. Much nicer than 63 luster, no major hits I can tell and a more than respectable stike for the issue. Then there is the eye appeal
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Strange how similar they are. Wonder how that happened?
From the same coin album sitting for decades. It is amazing how similar they are. I feel lucky to have located these, to say the least.
And, Joe-if you ever want to unload this low grade junk just holler!
Strange how similar they are. Wonder how that happened?
From the same coin album sitting for decades. It is amazing how similar they are. I feel lucky to have located these, to say the least.
Awesome, would be nice to get some of the other dates, too
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Once again-no points for color.
And, Joe-if you ever want to unload this low grade junk just holler!
All junk has it's price.
it isn't really the storage medium that is important in determining whether a coin will tone, it is more a factor of the humidity, the amount of water that will allow for the contaminants to transfer onto the coin surface. also, some coins have contaminants on their surface which promotes tone. in clearer terms, the same coins can be stored in the same holders and the ones that will tone the most are the ones in the humid environment.
from that perspective, the tone is environmental damage which happened naturally. I'm not making a case that these coins are AT, just that RickO tends to store his coins in a better way to protect them.
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The 1918 reverse looks alittle flat-
The 1927-D strike looks average
The grades seem to be appropriate
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Congrats and great grades.
Jim
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finally got around to sending these in did ya
a stunning treat to look at these again
surely 63 or 64 matters very little on that 27-d
any lucky enough to see this in hand won't be looking at that label much anyway
it's all about the coin i say
I'm going to ask a question that might take this thread to a much broader topic... I've understood in numismatics that natural toning is good and artificial toning is bad. Is this true? How can you tell the difference? And are these Buffalo nickels toned naturally or artificially? Does it matter?
This link might be able to explain the difference between NT and AT and how to spot them: Linky