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buffalo nickel die crack?
ranger1202
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1919-d buffalo nickel, date is readable in person. Is this a die crack? If so, how does it affect value? New to this..
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ranger1202
Posts: 68 ✭✭✭
ranger1202
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Not likely PMD. Looks like a lamination to me.
Lamination error I think.
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IMHO Lamination error
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https://photos.app.goo.gl/5PUkPSYRhXQQrQRNA
Agree with all above. I posted a pic a few years ago of a war nickel I have with similar but less dramatic lamination damage.
Guaranteed lamination.
Any additional value over the coin itself?
Retained lamination. A new scarface!
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Lamination, all the way. I have many of this ilk in Buffalos. A nice example by the way.
I noticed laminations like that to be very common in 1880s V nickels and 19-teens in Buffalo nickels. They also tend to be the most beat up when they have a lamination. As for added value, not really, they don't sell well in these conditions and with a "lower" type error on a lower grade, I think someone would just want the 1919d without it.
I posted about this 1914-S a little while back. Even to this extent it's not worth much, and worth nothing to someone looking for a 14-S. It's worth more as an error than it is the coin, I think at around 30 dollars.
From what I was told here, it's common to see these, as outside vendors supplying the metal didn't really have quality controls like we do today (and errors still happen).
This is indeed a lamination error (or better said DE-lamination error).
Also, it is an acid date which hurts it a bit. An acid date is a coin that is treated with acid to bring out the date. This is commonly done on Buffalo nickels that have had their date worn completely off.
Good to know. Thanks everyone.