Fun find today looking through bulk buffalo nickels....

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I sell tons of bulk coins on my website so I constantly buy coins in bulk and today going through bulk buffalo nickel bags I had a fun find yes it's a details coin but .... what do you think??







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  • Aspie_Rocco
    Aspie_Rocco Posts: 3,872 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Awesome find!

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  • LanceNewmanOCC
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  • ChrisH821
    ChrisH821 Posts: 7,147 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Winner! And some of the date left to boot!

    Collector, occasional seller

  • crazyhounddog
    crazyhounddog Posts: 14,250 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That's a WOWOWOWOWOWOW Find!! I'd be happy to give you 50 bucks for it right now >:)
    Congratulations on such a incredible find my coin brother

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  • Kliao
    Kliao Posts: 5,802 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    WOW! You lucky dog. Congrats!

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  • DelawareDoons
    DelawareDoons Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    GREAT find!

    You suck!

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  • thebeav
    thebeav Posts: 4,116 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Wow !
    Congratulations.......very nice.

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  • amwldcoin
    amwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Damn!

  • jclovescoins
    jclovescoins Posts: 2,038 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'll pay $100

  • alaura22
    alaura22 Posts: 3,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    SWEET FIND
    Congrats

    Mike
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  • MarkKelley
    MarkKelley Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I sold an acid dated one a few years back for $650. Yours is better.

  • DCW
    DCW Posts: 7,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    A "fun find" indeed!

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  • BuffaloIronTail
    BuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Now that find is the result of knowledge, perseverance, and some luck.

    There are surely more stuff like that hiding in plain sight.

    Can anybody say "1919-P DDO?"

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  • jonathanb
    jonathanb Posts: 4,154 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @COINS MAKE CENTS said:
    I sell tons of bulk coins on my website so I constantly buy coins in bulk and today going through bulk buffalo nickel bags I had a fun find yes it's a details coin but .... what do you think??

    I think I don't see why you're calling it a details coin. What am I missing? I could see that in a straight-graded AG or maybe G holder. Fantastic!

  • Omegaraptor
    Omegaraptor Posts: 541 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    You suck! That's what, a $2000-3000 find?

    I can definitely imagine how you reacted. I was once looking through bulk Wheat cents that I had purchased for 3x face and pulled out a 1909-S VDB, and it was only a damaged/gouged VF. Your find is several times better!

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  • alaura22
    alaura22 Posts: 3,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Can't even imagine how how pockets that coin has been in in over 106 years and nobody saw it. Crazy

    Mike
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  • PerryHall
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    I suggest that you get it professionally conserved to get rid of the black spots and then get it slabbed. I'm not convinced it would details grade once it's been conserved but even with a details grade, that's a valuable coin.

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  • yosclimber
    yosclimber Posts: 5,322 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @jonathanb said:

    @COINS MAKE CENTS said:
    I sell tons of bulk coins on my website so I constantly buy coins in bulk and today going through bulk buffalo nickel bags I had a fun find yes it's a details coin but .... what do you think??

    I think I don't see why you're calling it a details coin. What am I missing? I could see that in a straight-graded AG or maybe G holder. Fantastic!

    It's actually a VG. On Buffalo nickels, if you can see a "partial date", that qualifies for VG.
    Plus it meets other grade requirements, like LIBERTY almost separated from the rim, and a partial horn.
    PCGS Price Guide for the 1916 DDO in a PCGS VG-8 slab is $8000.

    And seeing the dramatic overdate detail on the 6 makes it much more desirable to collectors.
    On the G examples, the date is flat and you can only see the doubling in the ribbon thickness and on the feathers.

  • Vetter
    Vetter Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Great find. I bet you fell out of your chair when you 1st saw it. Big dollar coin there.

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  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Ya never know, congrats

  • kaz
    kaz Posts: 9,378 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Way to go, Rob!

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Outstanding find!! Wow... Just one more event to show us all that little treasures are still out there. Cheers, RickO

  • COINS MAKE CENTS
    COINS MAKE CENTS Posts: 1,907 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It was definatly a "is this what I think it is" moment

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  • jdimmick
    jdimmick Posts: 9,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 14, 2022 8:36AM
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    awsome find

    and with a little conservation probably straight gradeable

  • RichieURich
    RichieURich Posts: 8,640 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Super find, congrats!

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  • joeykoins
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    :D
    Seriously, dude. What a find!
    Congratulations, Kevin. Did you find it at the Grove Show?
    Very cool coin.
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  • LanceNewmanOCC
    LanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @jonathanb said:
    I think I don't see why you're calling it a details coin. What am I missing? I could see that in a straight-graded AG or maybe G holder. Fantastic!

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    it is tough to tell from those images but buffs/vnicks/shield nickels are rather susceptible to corrosion, especially in lower grades like that and it really looks like corrosion and if it is, has probably eaten into the surfaces. i am taking the op at their word at having looked through and probably graded dozens/hundreds of coins and knows a details coin when they see one BUT having said that, there is a chance that is not the case here. i didn't take the time to blow up and enhance the images; just took the find at its amazing face value. :)
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    if you send it out, feel free to bump the thread with the results. we love this kind of stuff around these parts!

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  • dcarr
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    Great find. I've looked, but never found one.

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  • DelawareDoons
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    @LanceNewmanOCC said:

    @jonathanb said:
    I think I don't see why you're calling it a details coin. What am I missing? I could see that in a straight-graded AG or maybe G holder. Fantastic!

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    it is tough to tell from those images but buffs/vnicks/shield nickels are rather susceptible to corrosion, especially in lower grades like that and it really looks like corrosion and if it is, has probably eaten into the surfaces. i am taking the op at their word at having looked through and probably graded dozens/hundreds of coins and knows a details coin when they see one BUT having said that, there is a chance that is not the case here. i didn't take the time to blow up and enhance the images; just took the find at its amazing face value. :)
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    if you send it out, feel free to bump the thread with the results. we love this kind of stuff around these parts!

    Agree that is corrosion. Still a hell of a find.

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  • jclovescoins
    jclovescoins Posts: 2,038 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Seriously, congrats. I agree with some of the others - could straight grade. Sent it to PCGS or NGC. I’d estimate $4,000

  • COINS MAKE CENTS
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    I believe it's definitely corrosion unfortunately

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  • BLUEJAYWAY
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    Wundebar!

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  • GRANDAM
    GRANDAM Posts: 8,785 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    A BU coin,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    Buffed Up,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    Bent Up,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    Beat Up,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    GrandAm :)
  • D808LF
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    That sucks! ;)

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  • rec78
    rec78 Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    :o:o:o WOWEEEEEEEEE!! You cannot find a better, cooler or more valuable nickel!! I once sold big lots of dateless buffalos for my dad that we found coin roll hunting in the 1960's. i wish I had nick-a-dated them first. That is a super find and an instant sale or just keeping for you collection. And yes, you do win the YOU-SUCK award!! (We are all just so jealous! OOOH)

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  • duck620
    duck620 Posts: 1,097 ✭✭✭✭
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    Super find now that's a real "Buffalo Nickel"

  • Connecticoin
    Connecticoin Posts: 13,278 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Holy Crap! Congrats!

    *For Sale on Ebay*

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