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The three legged and now the 2 feathers
indianabyron
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I dicided to put this here under a whole different post. everybody is really into the 3 and 3.5 legged varities of buffalo. There is more out there then just that crippled buffalo.
You are all missing something. Ya the 3 legged buffalo is a nice coins and its interesting. But in the same arena is the 2 feathers varity. You dont hear much about that, but they are out there. In a weeks time well looking in some of the coin shops and going to the flea market I found 14 of them. 4 1913D ty1, 2 1915, 1 1917, 1 1917D,1 1917S, 3 1921, 2 1925S. all are at least vf in conditionwith the exception of the 2 1925S. If I remember I might have spent a total of 14 or 15$ for all of them.
With so many people looking for the 3 legged varities the pressure is off of the 2 feathers varity. For those of you that dont know they came into being the exact same way as the 3 legged varity. But when you think of it the 2 feather is much more difficult to have been polished because of the tightness of the spot where the feather was polished/abradid off.
Now granted I figure one of the reasons there isnt as much pressure on the 2 feather varity is because of the money issues the 2 feathers varity dosent bring as much money as the 3 or 3.5 legged varities. So ie less pressure on this varity. This is just more of my mindless rembling.
Byron
You are all missing something. Ya the 3 legged buffalo is a nice coins and its interesting. But in the same arena is the 2 feathers varity. You dont hear much about that, but they are out there. In a weeks time well looking in some of the coin shops and going to the flea market I found 14 of them. 4 1913D ty1, 2 1915, 1 1917, 1 1917D,1 1917S, 3 1921, 2 1925S. all are at least vf in conditionwith the exception of the 2 1925S. If I remember I might have spent a total of 14 or 15$ for all of them.
With so many people looking for the 3 legged varities the pressure is off of the 2 feathers varity. For those of you that dont know they came into being the exact same way as the 3 legged varity. But when you think of it the 2 feather is much more difficult to have been polished because of the tightness of the spot where the feather was polished/abradid off.
Now granted I figure one of the reasons there isnt as much pressure on the 2 feather varity is because of the money issues the 2 feathers varity dosent bring as much money as the 3 or 3.5 legged varities. So ie less pressure on this varity. This is just more of my mindless rembling.
Byron
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These HAVE increased in popularity. I have a very nearly complete set of the known varieties, and submitted some of the lesser known ones to JT Stanton for publication in the next CPG on the lower denomination coins. (If and when it ever comes out.)
Some of the REALLY tough ones-1913-S-I-2 fthr/no F; 1915-D; 1919-D; 1920-S; 1926-D; 1930-S. Many of the tougher 2 feather varieties equal or exceed the rarity of the 1936-D 3 1/2 leg variety but, of course, will never carry the same premium because of the novelty of a "crippled" Buffalo. These are "naked eye" varieties, and as with any major doubled die, should be a popular collectible. More people must be looking for them, as they are becoming more and more difficult to cherrypick.