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silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,727 ✭✭✭✭✭
1917 Nickel



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1929s nickel



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1919s nickel



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1920 nickel



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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Laminations & delaminations are more common on Buffalo's then any other series especially the late teen year branch mints.
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,727 ✭✭✭✭✭
    true but they still are interesting to find and look at

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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    The delamination on that 1917 is remarkable. And Broadstruck is correct; delamination on Buffalo nickels is quite common on Buffalo Nickels.


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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: silverpop

    true but they still are interesting to find and look at




    Sure... Especially the ones that split completely in half and remained together as a pair thanks to previous custodians.

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  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,727 ✭✭✭✭✭
    yeah true Buffalo nickels had issues with the bonding of metals and oddly enough made for some odd and interesting errors

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have seen a few Buffalo delaminations... Have they become a general collectible? Or is it just a few people who collect them? Cheers, RickO
  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,727 ✭✭✭✭✭
    no idea on that ricko

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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,055 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Broadstruck
    Laminations & delaminations are more common on Buffalo's then any other series especially the late teen year branch mints.



    Absolutely correct. The mint bought the material for the nickel's from outside vendors. The outside vendors did not mix the alloy correctly so as a result there's many planchet defects in the early years during the war. Lamination and streaking are the two that come to mind. Not to mention the dies were in horrible, way over extended condition.
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

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