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crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
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At least I think it's an amazing 34-d Buff I just purchased. This is a raw coin I put in a hard case for safe keeping until it gets graded. I am EXTREMELY happy with this beauty. The luster is BOOMING on this very near flawless Buff. The colors are also just fabulous.
Thanks for looking and happy hunting, Joe

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The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,697 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Holy mackerel - assuming it's all NT, that is what of the most stunning obverses on any buffs I've seen.

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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,533 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow Joe, those are some amazing colors! Photos are great as usual.
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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,809 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That simply IS the neatest looking Buffalo (and really- top ten of all time coins in general) I've ever seen.

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  • rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,632 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Arrrghhhh!!! My eyes are burning! It's another Buffalo nickel thread! image

    Love the color on this one. I have not seen too many nickels of any sort that developed such stunning coloration. It's a better date in Unc., too!




  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    The obverse looks AT, but the reverse looks NT. So which is it?



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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There used to be a New Jersey dealer who specialized in "making" these. Haven't heard much about him lately.

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  • rainbowroosierainbowroosie Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭✭
    Great coin if it is NT
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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I see nothing about the color that would lead me to believe it's not natural.
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
  • coinnutcoinnut Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Amazing colors. Prettiest Buffalo I've ever seen.
  • AmazonXAmazonX Posts: 680 ✭✭✭✭
    Woah, gotta get my sunglasses for that one. Beautiful.
  • cheezhedcheezhed Posts: 6,005 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Tasty.
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  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,600 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Joe...What a beautiful buffalo. I agree with others, this is the most tasteful,colorful Buff I have seen. You are one lucky individual to have found that coin. Thanks for sharing.

    Jim

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  • csanotescsanotes Posts: 476 ✭✭✭✭
    When it gets graded with a number and not details, let us all know the price. I expect it to be a case of say $75 white, $750 with that color.

    Chance favors the prepared mind.

  • ldhairldhair Posts: 7,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image
    Larry

  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,809 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Your photos are sooooo lifelike (mine, using an iPhone4S back in the day, are certainly not)- here is a Jefferson that looks like it is in the same family as your Buffalo.

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    peacockcoins

  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: braddick
    Your photos are sooooo lifelike (mine, using an iPhone4S back in the day, are certainly not)- here is a Jefferson that looks like it is in the same family as your Buffalo.

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    That's beautiful!! Superb all the way!!

    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
  • david3142david3142 Posts: 3,598 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The obverse of this coin looks almost identical to the one Kryptonitecomics recently sold for close to $4K. Beautiful coin and great strike on a very tough date.
  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Green is a great color!



    Some wonderful nickels in this thread.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The colors on that Buff are truly spectacular...that being said, I do not believe, by the wildest

    stretch of imagination, that it is NT......Cheers, RickO
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  • ironmanl63ironmanl63 Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sweet looking coin!
  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bad azz



    Congrat's Joe!



    Mark
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  • CommemKingCommemKing Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks beautiful but I'm not sure it could find its way into a holder.

    That would look excellent in a type set album.

    First try to get it into a holder.
  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wonderful! Crazy nice.



    I probably would have waited until it was in a problem-free holder before posting, to cut down on the AT/NT posts. Be sure to follow up with a pic of the holder!

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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: lkeigwin
    Wonderful! Crazy nice.

    I probably would have waited until it was in a problem-free holder before posting, to cut down on the AT/NT posts. Be sure to follow up with a pic of the holder!
    Lance.


    Okay, I see I have some non believers. Let me say this.
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
  • COINS MAKE CENTSCOINS MAKE CENTS Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow very pretty coin
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  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,200 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's the problem with coin docs - not only do they mess up the coins that they do, they also cast doubt upon all the ones that they didn't do....
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  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: tradedollarnut

    That's the problem with coin docs - not only do they mess up the coins that they do, they also cast doubt upon all the ones that they didn't do....




    Yup.



    mark
    Walker Proof Digital Album
    Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,400 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would bet AT before NT

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  • CoinRaritiesOnlineCoinRaritiesOnline Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: tradedollarnut



    That's the problem with coin docs - not only do they mess up the coins that they do, they also cast doubt upon all the ones that they didn't do....




    Excellent quote!

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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Boosibri
    I would bet AT before NT


    Then let's bet !
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
  • CoinRaritiesOnlineCoinRaritiesOnline Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭✭
    I collected Buffalo Nickels pretty seriously when I was young, and I honestly never saw any with more than a blush of pale golden or light silvery blue toning.
    John Agre

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  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    purple is a bad color and yours has too much of it for my liking. that gold-green is quite nice, though.
  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: crazyhounddog

    Originally posted by: Boosibri

    I would bet AT before NT




    Then let's bet !




    You need to be betting MA or not. AT vs NT is pure folly.



    mark
    Walker Proof Digital Album
    Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: keets
    purple is a bad color and yours has too much of it for my liking. that gold-green is quite nice, though.


    I see purple quite frequently. Not uncommon for nickel at all.
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
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  • JJSingletonJJSingleton Posts: 1,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If our hosts here, or even our friends ATS, find your coin market acceptable then you have hit a grand slam. But I'm a bit skeptical of the color. Hope you score big.

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  • 3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Justacommeman
    Originally posted by: crazyhounddog
    Originally posted by: Boosibri
    I would bet AT before NT


    Then let's bet !


    You need to be betting MA or not. AT vs NT is pure folly.

    mark


    ...I can get this booked if needed boys image
  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: 3keepSECRETif2rDEAD
    Originally posted by: Justacommeman
    Originally posted by: crazyhounddog
    Originally posted by: Boosibri
    I would bet AT before NT


    Then let's bet !


    You need to be betting MA or not. AT vs NT is pure folly.

    mark


    ...I can get this booked if needed boys image


    Do it.
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Joe, I also see lots of coins with purple, all I'm giving is my opinion.



    you have the advantage in assessing the coin since you can see it in-hand while the rest of us are forced to judge a picture based on our previous experience. most often what I see with purple is a bigger blend of blue and/or red and pink. it seems odd to have green/gold at the rim and then again at the center, interrupted by the purple. in short, the color progression doesn't seem right. if you look at the coin Braddick posted there is blue or blue/green around the purple and way more gold.



    with the old software or if I was at home I would like to see sunnywood's color progression chart, it might help interpret things.



    BTW, don't get upset or defensive if we don't agree.
  • ShortgapbobShortgapbob Posts: 2,332 ✭✭✭
    Wow. Would love to see the colors in hand.
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  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: JJSingleton
    If our hosts here, or even our friends ATS, find your coin market acceptable then you have hit a grand slam. But I'm a bit skeptical of the color. Hope you score big.



    +1
    NGC probably more likely to straight grade it.

  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Spectacular! And it looks fine (not AT) to me.
  • ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 13,109 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Recently sold this one:

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  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: ricko
    The colors on that Buff are truly spectacular...that being said, I do not believe, by the wildest
    stretch of imagination, that it is NT......Cheers, RickO


    Agree.But still a masterpiece in art.

  • rainbowroosierainbowroosie Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭✭
    How about ANT! Or almost NT? The reverse is fine. It looks like the obverse was gold toned and "helped along" by adding vibrant colors layered over the gold. The color flow simply does not look right.
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