1917 buffalo nickel with diebreak near L in LIBERTY
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Anyone ever seen or owned a 1917 buffalo nickel with a diebreak near the L in LIBERTY which runs from the rim, down past the left side of the L and then into the field below LIBERTY? Calling all buffalo nuts!! (which includes me.)
((See Walter Breen’s Encyclopedia of U S and Colonial Coins, page 258, where the diecrack is mentioned for 1917 nickel coinage))
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((See Walter Breen’s Encyclopedia of U S and Colonial Coins, page 258, where the diecrack is mentioned for 1917 nickel coinage))
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If you can remember was the coin you ran into circulated or uncirculated?
This diecrack is mentioned in Walter Breen’s Complete Encyclopedia of U S and Colonial Coins which has a copyright date of 1988 and a release date of 1989 if my memory serves me correctly.
I have been looking for a coin with this die crack since the late 1980ies and this is the first one I have ever run into, condition aside. Where are they? I have looked at many hundreds of 1917
nickels since then and this is the first one I have ever seen.
a.k.a "The BUFFINATOR"
I agree with Alan here.
To Black dDamond.
If you can remember was the coin you ran into circulated or uncirculated?
This diecrack is mentioned in Walter Breen’s Complete Encyclopedia of U S and Colonial Coins which has a copyright date of 1988 and a release date of 1989 if my memory serves me correctly.
I have been looking for a coin with this die crack since the late 1980ies and this is the first one I have ever run into, condition aside. Where are they? I have looked at many hundreds of 1917
nickels since then and this is the first one I have ever seen.
It was ms. I have Breen's Encyclopedia. Breen believed these 1917 Buffalos were matte proofs. Today, these Buffalos are considered to be very nice ms examples.