MS66 Buffalo
ricko
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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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Superb example RickO, and nice pic by DIMEMAN. Thanks for sharing!
Nice looking Buff. Photos are pretty nice.
Nice coin. Love the color.
One of my favorite varieties.....Lovely coin......
Nice looking coin. How is the obverse luster? It seems a little muted compared to the reverse.
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
@ironmanl63 ...Must be lighting.... luster seemed the same on obverse as reverse... Cheers, RickO
very nice coin
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Is that tarnished?
Pretty coin. The luster was more firey on the reverse and a little subdued on the obverse. I used the Sun for both pics.
Awesome coin!
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Very Nice Buff @ricko and even nicer that you are letting us see them finally...keep them coming
@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
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.
Nice Buff. Thanks for sharing.
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Great coin! I personally prefer the reverse.
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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!
Beautiful, beautiful coin.
nice buffalo and dime man did a great job with that
best wishes
A job very well done and a beautiful overmintmark buff.
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Congrats, one of my favorite varieties
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Ricko posted a photo!!!!!
Very cool, even if he had a little help.
Nice coin too.
Very nice! My vision must be off because it looks like it is toned.
Man, that mintmark is MESSED UP!!!
Nice looking Buffernick Ricko!
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Very nice!
Nice looking Buffalo Rick... Very cool variety!!!!
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.
WTG ricko!
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@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
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
Thanks Pete... did not know all that.... Interesting and sure explains the situation. Cheers, RickO
Good thread. a cool coin and a mint history lesson too.
Very informative and explains it very well. Thanks for the info Pete.