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I have about $40.00 face in dateless buffalo nickels....
DNADave
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Should I nic-a-date them? Many have mint marks and many have a shadow of a date that is just barely visible.
What are these worth as is, compared to altered with nic-a-date?
What are these worth as is, compared to altered with nic-a-date?
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In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Check out the Southern Gold Society
With the cost of postage the P mint coins are barely worth shipping.
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Check out the Southern Gold Society
1913-S Type I (no date at all but a clear "s" mint mark on the mound reverse
1913-D Type I (same thing)
1917
1918
1919
1919-D
1920-S
1924-S
1925-D
1925-S
1926-D
1928-D
1928-S
1934
1934-D
and lots and lots of dateless coins with mintmarks.
I'm definately getting a bottle of nic-a-date, but how do you neutralize it once applied?
probably around two thirds of the original mintage still in circulation and the
rest had been lost to attrition and collectors. About half of these had the
dates worn off. This affevted primarily the pre 1923 issues but a few of the
later dates were also unreadable. These accumulated in circulation because
collectors wanted only those coins with dates. By 1967 these were not seen
in circulation except the random no date coins.
In the late '90's there was a hot market in the no-dates. Most of these were
going to make buttons and various western wear but I doubt this was consum-
ing more than a couple hundred bags a year. It's a tough thing to get a feel
for and the estimate could be low but this market never appeared to be large.
No dates were wholesaling for up to $13 per roll. Even after these prices came
down there were still people paying premiums for mint marked no dates to look
for keys.
Nice G buffalos are bringing record high prices (~$24) but the no-dates, one digit,
and two digit coins are merely edging up a little.
There should be many millions of no dates around somewhere.
<< <i>Why would anyone even want them, they are low grade junk. >>
If you can pull a date or partial--good for you. You have nothing to lose---no Buff is junk---dateless or not they are classics---worthless perhaps--but not junk.
<< <i>To anyone who has never done it, Nic-a-Dating Buffs is good fun. There's something about seeing the date appear right before your eyes that feels almost like magic. There's not really any downside to doing it. Its a longshot that you'll find anything exciting, but you never know, as testified by RYK's 18/17. I found a 14-D myself. When I get a batch, I sell the plains to Arizona Coin & Jewelry and Nic-a-Date the mintmarked ones. Its more fun than going to the movies. >>
I have thousands of Buff nickels but 'till now I never heard of nic-a-dateing. How is it done?
<< <i>Nic-a-date is just an acid. It works because of hardening issues with striking whereas the date is a bit harder and more resistant than the surrounding metal. >>
Does it work on Standing Liberty Quarters too?
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