Labor Day buffalos update Grades are in!

buffnut · September 3, 2012 1:41AM

Happy Labor Day all! To celebrate, here are some buffalo newps that will soon be sent off to our host for slabbing. Comments, grade opinions, rude insults all welcome

1913 ty2:

1914:

1916:

1916D:

Crazyhounddog NAILED it 4/4- good eye my friend!!
1913 - MS65
1914 - MS64
1916 - MS64
1916D - MS63

And a side note- this was an economy submission with a turnaround of 18 business days. Can't complain about that!

greatnortherncoin · September 3, 2012 2:14AM

wow great buffalos

silverpop · September 3, 2012 2:25AM

coinbuf · September 3, 2012 3:20AM

I usually dont encourage rude insults myself

, looks like a nice grouping. The 16-d looks fairly weakly struck but having not studied the series I going to assume that its common for that date/mm. Seems to be some cool clashing on the 1914 obv, how much do you think that will that affect the grade?

deltadimeman · September 3, 2012 3:23AM

nice buff's ! i don't know much about grading buffalo's but i will attempt a guess at the grades.

1913 - ms64
1914 - ms65 nice one
1916 - ms65+ or ms66
1916d - ms64

ricko · September 3, 2012 3:46AM

Nice Buffs.... be sure to post the grades when you get them... Cheers, RickO

Crazy4Coins · September 3, 2012 4:43AM

Very nice.

13 T1
First thought was 64, but coin seems to have a little extra luster. Might go 65

1914
First thought was 66, but if that is a light scratch running across the cheek and braid, might only go 65

1916
I think 66 on this one. Fields are very smooth, lettering and date struck up nicely. Strike overall is very nice.

1916-D
Very interesting coin. Tough to grade from images. Definitely LDS. Weak strike, die erosion and color seems a bit off. If I were to venture a grade, I'd guess 63. If there is any wear hiding though 58.

Thanks for posting!

Jinx86 · September 3, 2012 4:51AM

I really like the look of the 16 D, lots of die errosion adding lots of texture to the fields and devices. My guess is they gave it a 64 for missing detail.

johnny9434 · September 3, 2012 8:43AM

nice buffao all the way around

JamesM · September 3, 2012 9:08AM

nice clash on the 14

gyocomgd · September 3, 2012 11:42AM

Super coins, buffnut.

DRJTC · September 3, 2012 12:54PM

65
66
65
58

breakdown · September 3, 2012 10:56PM

Like the chin whiskers (die clash) on the 1914 and 1916 -- they are really pronounced on the 1914, with other evidence of clashing on both obverse and reverse. A very cool feature on some Buffalos -- let us know how your grades turn out.

crazyhounddog · September 3, 2012 11:08PM

65
64
64
63

cape · September 4, 2012 6:15AM

64...64...64...63

buffnut · September 6, 2012 8:18AM

I send these off tomorrow for economy level grading, so I'll check back in a few months to let you know what the results are

My guesses (of course I have the benefit of having them in hand)

1913: would be elated with a 65, but will likely be a 64 or 63. Reason is there are a number of ticks in obvious spots that aren't apparent in the photo. Hoping the luster and attractive toning bump it.
1914: seems on par with 65 to me
1916: likely a 65 here- the mark in the obverse in front of the nose is actually an unpolished die clash. The tick in the top reverse is not lol.
1916D: has the look of a 62 for die erosion and lack of booming luster

Now take off a point from each of those for ownership and I think we have feasible grades

BlackDiamond · September 6, 2012 11:55AM

Very nice newps. My guess on grades: 64, 65, 64, 63

icsoccer · September 6, 2012 1:18PM

63
64
64
au or genuine

buffnut · October 9, 2012 10:06AM

Grades posted in first post

coinbuf · October 9, 2012 10:53AM

Looks like some nice grades, congrats.

BUFFNIXX · October 10, 2012 1:33AM

Me thinks pcgs was a little tuff on da grades, but
hey, who am I to say!!
buffnixx

BUFFNIXX · October 10, 2012 1:34AM

And one more salient point to remember.

There is no such thing as an ugly buffalo nickel.

buffnut · October 10, 2012 9:58AM

<< <i>Me thinks pcgs was a little tuff on da grades, but
hey, who am I to say!!
buffnixx >>

I agree- I think they might have been a bit stiff on the 1914 and 1916, but I like the coins no matter what the holder says

BryceM · October 10, 2012 10:06AM

Nice clash on the 1914.

Shamika · October 12, 2012 9:43AM

I would have guessed 65, 65, 65, 63.

Labor Day buffalos *update* Grades are in!

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