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Are Buffalo Nickels Dipped Like Silver Coins Are?
Walkerlover
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Was curious are Buffalo Nickels routinely dipped in a solution like silver coins? I see many brilliant Buffalos with great luster wondering if any or most are original from rolls, especially the later 1930’s dates.
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Looks like a beautiful coin. From what I can see, and graded 66+ confirms that👍
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There are still blast white buffalo nickels out there that have never been dipped or mishandled. Most are already slabbed.
This has been my 55+ years. of collecting those beautiful nickels.
It’s been a very happy and gratifying hobby for me. I’m 74 and collecting coins in general takes me all the way back to my dad that got me started. I sure do miss my dad. He was a very smart man that worked at NASA. I wonder what he’d say about the hobby now along with his thoughts on the world today.
How do you tell the ones that are dipped from the original never dipped or played with?
It takes years to learn the difference between. Original mint luster has some kind of sheen on the surface. The ones that have been dipped don’t. It takes time but you can learn.
What do you think of this Buffalo I t
Recently purchased?
I found once one gets a good eye for it, it gets all the more better 👍
Nice picture of the slab.
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it's got your green cac, what is the problem?
No - leave it alone.
I think your recent purchase very nice. Plus has sticker.
I've never studied dipped nickels. Can someone post a photo of an obviously dipped coin for our education?
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I think you really need to see them in hand to be sure, no? Pictures can lie
"Dipping" cupronickel coins is more problematic than dipping silver coins, as anything corrosive enough to remove stains and oxidation from the surface is also likely to be strong enough to attack the surface directly in a way that would be obvious to anyone. Anyone with a jar of e-z-est can dip a silver coin and make it look blast-white, but it takes someone both skilled in chemistry and patient enough to experiment with lots of coins to get this particular art perfected. E-z-est just used by itself will absolutely ruin a cupronickel coin. Picture your typical "acid-restored date" Buffalo nickel; that's what e-z-est and other "coin dips" will typically do to a cupronickel coin.
Cupronickel coins are probably more likely to be "whizzed" rather than "dipped" to make them look shiny and lustrous, which is a separate bucket of symptoms to look for.
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No problem This was just a spur of the moment question as I consider him a good expert on Buffalo nickels and just wanted his opinion. Didn’t really want to get off the original post topic
It got the CAC sticker for having two obverses and no reverse.
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I disagree that a "dip" will automatically "ruin" a copper-nickel alloy coin. If the coin is left in the solution for a long time, then yes, it can etch the surface and/or cause copper streaks to be revealed.
But I challenge anyone to tell the difference between a brand new copper-nickel coin that was dipped for several seconds compared to one that wasn't dipped at all.
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Dipping coins is not for me. I recommend dipping toes in silver or gold or maybe dabbling in the hobby. That’s about it.
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