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rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Here is a detailed picture of my MS66 Buff, courtesy of DIMEMAN - and he did a great job - This is the variety D/D/D/S.....

Cheers, RickO

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    PocketArtPocketArt Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Superb example RickO, and nice pic by DIMEMAN. Thanks for sharing!

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    Batman23Batman23 Posts: 4,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice looking Buff. Photos are pretty nice.

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    ldhairldhair Posts: 7,131 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice coin. Love the color.

    Larry

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    thebeavthebeav Posts: 3,758 ✭✭✭✭✭

    One of my favorite varieties.....Lovely coin......

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    ironmanl63ironmanl63 Posts: 1,971 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice looking coin. How is the obverse luster? It seems a little muted compared to the reverse.

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,413 ✭✭✭✭✭

    LIBERTY is real distinct from the rim with the rim real nice and bold above it.

    Worth the grade, and an RPM to boot!

    Pete

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ironmanl63 ...Must be lighting.... luster seemed the same on obverse as reverse... Cheers, RickO

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    silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,599 ✭✭✭✭✭

    very nice coin

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    lcoopielcoopie Posts: 8,796 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Is that tarnished? :)

    LCoopie = Les
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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pretty coin. The luster was more firey on the reverse and a little subdued on the obverse. I used the Sun for both pics. ;)

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 22,695 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Awesome coin!

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    3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very Nice Buff @ricko and even nicer that you are letting us see them finally...keep them coming ;)

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @3keepSECRETif2rDEAD .... If I can find pictures to copy and paste, or, as in this case, DIMEMAN helped me... Then I will post them.... I only have a few - what I consider - remarkable coins.... though I have a LOT of coins...Cheers, RickO

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    AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mint Manager Fred: Hey George but a "D" on that thing.
    Mint Worker George: but it already has one.
    Fred: I don't like it, do it again.
    George: How is that?
    Fred: Nope, try again
    George: How about now?
    Fred: Looks like crap, send it to San Francisco, maybe they can fix it.

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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 8,976 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice Buff. Thanks for sharing.

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    KellenCoinKellenCoin Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭✭

    Great coin! I personally prefer the reverse.

    YN Member of the ANA, ANS, NBS, EAC, C4, MCA, PNNA, CSNS, ILNA, TEC, and more!
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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's a great Buff and a cool variety. Good pic too for using the sun for light dimeman.
    Ya gotta love a pretty Buff!

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    JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,822 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Beautiful, beautiful coin.

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,525 ✭✭✭✭✭

    nice buffalo and dime man did a great job with that :) best wishes

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    BUFFNIXXBUFFNIXX Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A job very well done and a beautiful overmintmark buff.

    Collector of Buffalo Nickels and other 20th century United States Coinage
    a.k.a "The BUFFINATOR"
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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats, one of my favorite varieties

    Frank

    BHNC #203

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    BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,736 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ricko posted a photo!!!!!

    Very cool, even if he had a little help. :)

    Nice coin too.

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    cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,062 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice! My vision must be off because it looks like it is toned. ;):)

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    ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,760 ✭✭✭✭

    Man, that mintmark is MESSED UP!!! ;)

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    SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice looking Buffernick Ricko!

    Toned Franklins

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    hchcoinhchcoin Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice!

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    AuroraBorealisAuroraBorealis Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice looking Buffalo Rick... Very cool variety!!!!

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    cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,062 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    Here is a detailed picture of my MS66 Buff, courtesy of DIMEMAN - and he did a great job - This is the variety D/D/D/S.....
    Cheers, RickO

    Do you know why they re-punched the D mark so often? Was it to obliterate the "S" mintmark? It is a neat variety, and one that I had never heard of until your post. I only knew that pieces were D/S or D/D.

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    JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭✭

    WTG ricko!

    m

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    ECHOESECHOES Posts: 2,974 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice :#

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @cameonut2011... I have no idea what the backstory might be on the repunched MM...It would be interesting to find out if it were just an apprentice working, or was it something else.... Cheers, RickO

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,413 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In 1938 production was going to begin on the new Jefferson Nickel. The apparent quick need for five cent pieces in the area served by the Denver Mint at that time meant that the final swan song for the Buffalo would only be minted there.

    Philadelphia started to gear up for the production of the new nickels, which meant that no more Buffalo dies were to be produced. There was a supply on hand in Philly of the old Buffalo style when the word went out of Denvers' need. This included dies for Philly without mintmarks, and dies for San Francisco that has already been stamped with the "S".

    Dies are expensive and very labor intensive to manufacture. Philadelphia applied the Denver mintmark to its' surviving dies destined for coinage in Philadelphia.

    It still was not enough to satisfy Denvers' need for dies.

    The final step was to use the dies for San Francisco. The "S" mintmark on a number of dies was polished off as best as possible (we know now that it wasn't successful for some dies) leaving a vestigial thin looking S.

    But that didn't matter. The dies were re-punched with a D and the rest is history.

    As far as the triple punched DDD/S, that particular die would probably have been rejected, but what the heck, use it or lose it was what Philly did.........................and the result is history.

    Hope this helps, ricko.

    Pete

    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks Pete... did not know all that.... Interesting and sure explains the situation. Cheers, RickO

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    kazkaz Posts: 9,068 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good thread. a cool coin and a mint history lesson too.

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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BuffaloIronTail said:
    In 1938 production was going to begin on the new Jefferson Nickel. The apparent quick need for five cent pieces in the area served by the Denver Mint at that time meant that the final swan song for the Buffalo would only be minted there.

    Philadelphia started to gear up for the production of the new nickels, which meant that no more Buffalo dies were to be produced. There was a supply on hand in Philly of the old Buffalo style when the word went out of Denvers' need. This included dies for Philly without mintmarks, and dies for San Francisco that has already been stamped with the "S".

    Dies are expensive and very labor intensive to manufacture. Philadelphia applied the Denver mintmark to its' surviving dies destined for coinage in Philadelphia.

    It still was not enough to satisfy Denvers' need for dies.

    The final step was to use the dies for San Francisco. The "S" mintmark on a number of dies was polished off as best as possible (we know now that it wasn't successful for some dies) leaving a vestigial thin looking S.

    But that didn't matter. The dies were re-punched with a D and the rest is history.

    As far as the triple punched DDD/S, that particular die would probably have been rejected, but what the heck, use it or lose it was what Philly did.........................and the result is history.

    Hope this helps, ricko.

    Pete

    Very informative and explains it very well. Thanks for the info Pete.

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