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GTG Buffalo Nickel Style... NEWP from AD

RelaxnRelaxn Posts: 875 ✭✭✭✭
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I bought this one today... It is in PCGS plastic and an OGH...

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    mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    58

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    clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,928 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice strike but no clue on luster, guessing a little flat? 63 or thereabouts.

    MS66 taste on an MS63 budget.
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks 62/63 from the picture... interesting die crack - maybe two.... Cheers, RickO

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    Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,152 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice coin, nice strike, and a date that I like - though it seems most prefer 13P T1 and 38D's - my guess that the luster and color is a little better in hand, and that the grade on the rattler is a 63 but it's got a shot today at 64.

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    koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mint mark is very high-could be a so called imbedded "S."

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,413 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just saying, because I don't know for sure about this particular coin. Supposedly there were 2 dies that had 1914/3-S attributes.

    The coins had a die crack - or cracks on the obverse that connected the rim to the feather.

    The other was the "embedded S touching the C" reverse.

    The above coin shows both.

    Food for thought. The diagnostics came from David Langes' Third edition Buffalo Book.

    Pete

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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I do believe I see some wear in there. Still a nice looking piece. 58

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,413 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's a beautiful nickel with nice toning and a great strike.

    I've seen coins in slabs pictured on here that I thought DEFINITLY had wear, only to find they were MS.

    So....if not a 58 - then 66 or better.

    Pete

    I dislike grading from pictures.

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    Crazy4CoinsCrazy4Coins Posts: 1,922 ✭✭✭

    I would guess 65 from the images.

    Randy


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    RelaxnRelaxn Posts: 875 ✭✭✭✭
    edited June 23, 2017 8:48PM



    So, this pickup was courtesy of ad4400... He has helped me steadily build a decent set of Buffs.

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    lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 7,834 ✭✭✭✭✭

    <3

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,413 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I usually don't overgrade. I'm kinda shocked at the 62 grade. But I got to thinking. Low or no problem coins that come back low like this one could have some minor rub - very minor - so it would be better suited as a 62 rather than a 58.

    1914-S was generally well struck for the most part. Of course it comes with the weak LIBERTY as all pre-1916 Buffs do.

    The knot is sharp, the top feather is extremely close to being fully rendered, and the fully struck reverse is a knockout!

    Those are all the "excuses" for blowing the grade that I can think of.

    Pete

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    Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,152 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you are working with Alain, you are in good hands!
    He has evolved into one of our forum resident Buffalo expert specialists over the years.

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,413 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree, Walkerguy21D................been knowing Alain since I joined in 2005.

    Pete

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice... Thanks for the slab pictures.... Cheers, RickO

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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Alain is a good man and I very much enjoy his beautiful collection. He has a refined eye for the buffalo nickel series and is well respected on this forum.

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    clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,928 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'd have to think with that and a 62 grade there would be hairlines or something. Nice.

    MS66 taste on an MS63 budget.

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