Crackling new 1913 Type 2 Buffalo nickel

gyocomgd · October 24, 2006 10:16AM

This coin arrived in the mail today and I'm very pleased. The luster is terrific, the strike solid, the reflectivity just explosive. Care to venture a grade?

Hyperion · October 24, 2006 10:18AM

coin collecting is an old-man hobby

MS66!

goose3 · October 24, 2006 10:19AM

VERY VERY nice. I like the streaks in it!

Hyperion · October 24, 2006 10:20AM

Im streak-neutral. my best example is in my dansco and it's got those stripes which Ive only seen in the buffalo. it's just an odd feature....

Leiana · October 24, 2006 10:21AM

Very gorgeous buffalo! I love the toning.

Really excellent lustre for a type two as well. A fine reverse strike, too, I might add! The obverse is not fully struck up, though, I'm looking just above the braid.

I really like the EPU clash under the Indian's chin!

Grade? Hmmmmmm

I'd be comfortable with calling it a very high end 65, shot 66.

Lovely lovely buffalo!

Thanks for sharing.

-Amanda

Hyperion · October 24, 2006 10:23AM

<< Very gorgeous buffalo! I love the toning.

Really excellent lustre for a type two as well. A fine reverse strike, too, I might add! The obverse is not fully struck up, though, I'm looking just above the braid.

I really like the EPU clash under the Indian's chin!

Grade? Hmmmmmm

I'd be comfortable with calling it a very high end 65, shot 66.

Lovely lovely buffalo!

Thanks for sharing.

-Amanda >>

if you dont wind up in the profession, Ill eat my hat.

gyocomgd · October 24, 2006 10:27AM

<< The obverse is not fully struck up, though, I'm looking just above the braid.

-Amanda >>

Amanda, I guess I'm not seeing what you're seeing. To me the aspect above the braid looks pretty good for 13 T2. The knot itself looks excellent. Maybe I'm missing something.

Leiana · October 24, 2006 10:35AM

<< 

<< The obverse is not fully struck up, though, I'm looking just above the braid.

-Amanda >>

Amanda, I guess I'm not seeing what you're seeing. To me the aspect above the braid looks pretty good for 13 T2. The knot itself looks excellent. Maybe I'm missing something. >>

In the hair, where it looks a little rough, I have read that this is because the metal wasn't fully pushed up *all* the way into the dies, to create flowlines. Of course, judging from an image is very difficult. It is a very nice excellent strike, regardless.

-Amanda

richardshipp · October 24, 2006 10:38AM

MS66+

buffnut · October 24, 2006 10:56AM

Beautiful toning. Looks like a nice 65 to me from the pics, but PCGS might give it a 64 these days. My 1913 ty2 I thought was for SURE a lock 66. PCGS handed it back with a 65 and a free pack of kool aid. Mmmmmmm....... purple........

AZLARRY · October 24, 2006 11:36AM

That is a great looking Buff, I like it as a 66.

Bruceswar · October 24, 2006 12:13PM

MS 65 max.

gyocomgd · October 24, 2006 12:15PM

<< Beautiful toning. Looks like a nice 65 to me from the pics, but PCGS might give it a 64 these days. My 1913 ty2 I thought was for SURE a lock 66. PCGS handed it back with a 65 and a free pack of kool aid. Mmmmmmm....... purple........

>>

That's a beautiful coin, Rich. More my style, really--pure white.

prooflike · October 24, 2006 12:20PM

I like it, I'd give it a 66, Pcgs gave it a 65.

GoldenEyeNumismatics · October 24, 2006 12:30PM

MS64, that strike is laser sharp.

Hoot · October 24, 2006 1:41PM

WOW! Nice MS65/66 coin. I'd love to see it in-hand.

Hoot

cape · October 24, 2006 8:23PM

its a nice 65

Longacre · October 24, 2006 10:27PM

66 or 67. Where did you get it?

gyocomgd · October 25, 2006 1:38AM

<< 66 or 67. Where did you get it? >>

Ebay. I've gotten a number of extremely nice buffs, often undergraded, from this seller.

1913 T2

mercurydimeguy · October 25, 2006 1:44AM

dip it

Boom · October 25, 2006 2:44AM

For help in arriving at a conclusion regarding grade. This also is a 13-T-2 Buff in a PCGS slab.

Please forgive the scratches on the holder.

Hope this helps.

gyocomgd · October 25, 2006 2:53AM

<< dip it

>>

Boom · October 25, 2006 3:05AM

<< << dip it >> >>

gyocomgd · October 25, 2006 3:17AM

Warren, if that slabbed Type 2 your showing is MS63, the coin I've posted could be a bit higher.
The most obvious things to me is the lettering and hair detail on the obverse, and certainly the buffalo's head and shoulder on the reverse. The coin I'm showing also is screaming bright and lustrous--which is not to say your MS63 is not. It's hard to tell through the plastic.

Boom · October 25, 2006 3:26AM

Right. I took the pix on the fly I really didn't make much effort to show it in a bright light.

What I was trying with is that area in his hair that leads a lot of people to think a coin may have rub or not even MS.

Boom · October 25, 2006 3:30AM

Knowing your tastes and how good your eye is, provided there are no unseen issues I'd say that the piece is a minimum 65 and in all likelihood a 66 if not a 67.

gyocomgd · October 25, 2006 3:35AM

<< Knowing your tastes and how good your eye is, provided there are no unseen issues I'd say that the piece is a minimum 65 and in all likelihood a 66 if not a 67.

>>

In the circles I travel, there's no such thing as a 67. It's just a rumor.

BlindedByEgo · October 25, 2006 3:48AM

<< 

<< Beautiful toning. Looks like a nice 65 to me from the pics, but PCGS might give it a 64 these days. My 1913 ty2 I thought was for SURE a lock 66. PCGS handed it back with a 65 and a free pack of kool aid. Mmmmmmm....... purple........

>>

That's a beautiful coin, Rich. More my style, really--pure white. >>

You gonna dip the new one?

mgoodm3 · October 25, 2006 3:49AM

I like your high contrast pics. Buffs look good like that.

Tonedbuff · October 25, 2006 3:55AM

Should be a lock at MS65. The hair is a tad weak above the ribbon, as stated before, but only a tad...
Great eye appeal. Could get a 66.

Shamika · October 25, 2006 4:01AM

Looks like a solid 65.

FYI: Buffnut's coin has just about the best strike for a T2 I've ever seen. I don't know if it's the way he photographs his coins or what, but most of his pieces show amazing detail.

Crackling new 1913 Type 2 Buffalo nickel

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