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1913 D Type 1 Buffalo Nickel HOBO.

Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Picked this up recently, was much much darker when I got it, but with some soaking the details came up nicely. Is this a know artist? Where the date would have been, inscribed is something that is hard for me to make out. Im not very good at "seeing things".




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  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Fiveo..?

  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ABIE?

    Frank

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  • Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Treashunt said:
    ABIE?

    Might be a bit closer than what I saw. AEIE.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,449 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 20, 2017 3:37PM

    I vote ABIE

    On it's own, what I think is a B could be an E, but that letter is very different from the other letter that I am pretty sure is an E. Sometimes I have to decipher old documents and such and that is a method that I find useful - once you nail down some letters/words, it helps to rule in/out others.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That would be ABIE ... and although I am not an expert, you may have one of the old, original hobo nickels. Check with the hobo guys.... Where did you find this one? Cheers, RickO

  • Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Came in a junk drawer collection. Also with this was a set of love tokens Seated Dime and Quarter with same pattern and initials. Sadly the pins had been clipped off the back. I may look for someone to add new ones.

  • divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,688 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like an older carving to me, but I'm no expert as I only bought my first Hobo Nickel a few weeks ago.

    Donato

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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,071 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ABIE is what I think it is.

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  • Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Im pretty positive is a vintage piece, based on the layers of patina and the date/mm used.

  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,111 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A little OT, but not that much.................this video is quite interesting :smile:

    https://youtu.be/nfRxBbj11Ds

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  • Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You shouldn't post things like that in the middle of my work day. Hard enough not to get distracted from all the coins around me.

  • HobosapianHobosapian Posts: 72 ✭✭✭

    Definitively old. I am sort of an expert on these. ;)

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  • Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Hobosapian said:
    Definitively old. I am sort of an expert on these. ;)

    Ha, yeah hopefully that would never be disputed.

  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    that is a Vintage coin not a modern. you can get it checked for cheap. Send it to the Original Hobo coin society and they will authenticate it for you.

    Best place to buy !
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  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    nice to it see again

    Frank

    BHNC #203

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