What is a 1926 D AU 3 1/2 Leg Buffalo worth?

DRG · October 8, 2005 1:37AM

I saw this auction on Heritage and was wondering why it was bid so high. Then I checked out the legs. What do you think?

It is a nicely struck coin which is not that common for the 1926 D. The missing leg looks an awful lot like the 1937 D!!

Shamika · October 8, 2005 1:41AM

Interesting; I've never seen a 3 1/2 leg 26-D.

Aside from that, this piece looks great for a 26-D in AU55. Nice color and exceptional reverse strike.

cape · October 8, 2005 1:58AM

ive never seen this one before ,that is really cool!

BuffaloIronTail · October 8, 2005 5:53AM

Add me to the list of those that have never seen this coin before. It's actually kind of a shock to me that no extant examples have ever showed themselves before this one!

I would correctly call it a three-leg. It does have similarities to the 37-D, though it truly is a different coin. It exhibits weakness to the rear leg of the Buff, though not as severe as on the 37-D.

It also has a light Motto....E Pluribus Unum....probably from abraiding.

ANACS did not note the variety on the slab. Why?

Here's something that I thought was interesting:

Mr. Johnson, who was named as the person who abraided the 37-D, might be the same one who worked on this one.

koynekwest · October 8, 2005 7:29AM

It's a legitimate 3 1/2 legged variety and should be in the Vol 2 of the Cherrypicker's Guide (if we ever see THAT!) as I sent one to JT for listing therein. I BRIEFLY had the high bid on the one mentioned. They can be found without too much difficulty in low grade but the one in the Heritage Auction is one of the nicest I've seen. I do know of a Mint state specimen. We'll see what the heritage coin brings-that will determine roughly what an AU is worth. I would guess about $1250-$1500.

buffnut · October 11, 2005 9:19AM

Yup- a legit variety. For those of you who don't know, there are several "leggers" in the buffalo series. 1917D, 1926D, 1927D, and the famously overpriced 1937D. Here is a pic of a PGCS MS64 (not recognized on holder) 1917D 3 1/2 legger that I bought that was subsequently stolen in the mail

Russ · October 11, 2005 9:30AM

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What is a 1926 D AU 3 1/2 Leg Buffalo worth?

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