Buffalo 5 cent 2 & 2 1/2 feather varieties?

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• Shamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭

  March 2, 2013 11:50AM

  
  Are you asking what criteria they use or are you asking what reference material they use?
  
  
  

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• bigtonydallas Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭

  March 4, 2013 7:12AM

  I am thinking of sending a few 2 feathers that I know are truely 2 feathers but a few are questionable. So what criteria?

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• messydesk Posts: 20,722 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 4, 2013 7:36AM

  I believe our hosts only recognize those that are in the Cherrypicker's Guide, so even if you have a 2 feather coin, if it isn't in the guide it's not getting on the label. To wit, the criteria is if it matches a CPG coin.

  John
  Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution

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• BUFFNIXX Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 4, 2013 8:14AM

  There are over 30 different buffalo nickels that exist with the two feather variety. I think pcgs only recognizes a few of these, the ones that are listed in the Cherrypickers' guide and have an assigned FS number. For a complete list of these two feather buffs refer to Ron Pope's book on buffalo nickel abraded die varieties. As to the 2 1/2 feather I do not think any of the grading services are attributing any of them. How do you tell if exactly one half of the feather is missing?
  

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• koynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 5, 2013 7:00AM

  Hopefully some of the ones I list in my book will be listed in the upcoming CPG. The 1916-S and 1923 are two dates that have COMPLETELY effaced feathers that come to mind.

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• koynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 5, 2013 7:06AM

  I think Tom is correct as to what is and what isn't attributed, though a few of these still show a small part of the third feather. The 1913-D Var 1 is an example-it retains a tiny portion of the third feather.

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• LanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 5, 2013 7:13AM

  
  
  << <i>As to the 2 1/2 feather I do not think any of the grading services are attributing any of them. >>
  
  
  there are others that attribute them based on the pop reports
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• ernie11 Posts: 2,105 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 6, 2013 8:03PM

  
  
  << <i>There are over 30 different buffalo nickels that exist with the two feather variety. I think pcgs only recognizes a few of these, the ones that are listed in the Cherrypickers' guide and have an assigned FS number. For a complete list of these two feather buffs refer to Ron Pope's book on buffalo nickel abraded die varieties. As to the 2 1/2 feather I do not think any of the grading services are attributing any of them. How do you tell if exactly one half of the feather is missing? >>
  
  
  
  Don't have the latest Cherrypickers guide - is a 1915-D recognized in it?

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• koynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 7, 2013 8:42AM

  The following dates have all been assigned CPG numbers:
  1913-D-1; 1915; 1915-D; 1916; 1917; 1917-D; 1917-S; 1918; 1918-S; 1919; 1919-D; 1920; 1920-S; 1921; 1921-S; 1925-D; 1925-S; 1927-D; 1927-S; 1929-S; and 1930-S.

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