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Is This A "D/D" on this 1938 D Buffalo Nickel???????

CollectorManCollectorMan Posts: 241 ✭✭
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I need some help. I purchased this 1938 D Buffalo Nickel the other day in my local coin shop. It is in the Type 1 original green holder and is graded MS-65. Looking at the reverse, does the "D" mintmark look like a "D/D"? I am not that familiar with overstrikes. I don't think I want to take it out of the holder to regrade, because the holder is the very first type that was used by PCGS to grade coins (I think?). It is not like the next generation of green holders. The labeling on the front looks like it was typed and detached from a cardboard tape. No barcode of any sort. The back just has Professional Coin Grading Service on it with a dark green background on it. I would appreciate your thoughts on the "D/D". The holder is in very good shape with no scratches or chips on it. Also, if it is a "D/D" what type of value is it since it is a MS-65?

Thanks for your help.




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  • duck620duck620 Posts: 1,041 ✭✭✭✭
    SURE LOOKS LIKE D/D.VERY NICE COIN.
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  • CollectorManCollectorMan Posts: 241 ✭✭
    I really hadn't paid any attention to those areas until you just mentioned it, but I took my glass out and looked closer and there are parallel lines within the lettering. Like I say, I'm not an expert by any means.
  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    ....nice coin! can you take an isolated closeup of the mint mark and the words united and five cents? love to see

    more detail. image
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  • CollectorManCollectorMan Posts: 241 ✭✭
    I will try another scan and see what I can do. Bear with me.

  • SUMORADASUMORADA Posts: 4,797 ✭

    Sure looks like it.......image
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  • CollectorManCollectorMan Posts: 241 ✭✭


    << <i>....nice coin! can you take an isolated closeup of the mint mark and the words united and five cents? love to see

    more detail. image >>



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    Here is another picture of the revese. Don't know if it is any better than the first one. Your thoughts???


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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    ....hmmm, i'm straining my eyes at the N in united. at the top of the N do you have notching? tuff for me to make out. image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
  • CollectorManCollectorMan Posts: 241 ✭✭


    << <i>....hmmm, i'm straining my eyes at the N in united. at the top of the N do you have notching? tuff for me to make out. image >>



    Excuse my ignorance, but I don't know what you mean when you say notching.


  • Bigrig52Bigrig52 Posts: 677
    Looks like a strike doubling to me from what i can see on the mintmark
  • rooksmithrooksmith Posts: 1,129 ✭✭✭✭
    Is the D mint mark crooked? -- just another ignoranamus!
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  • Wolf359Wolf359 Posts: 7,663 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks like a strike doubling to me from what i can see on the mintmark >>



    That was my take as well.
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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    Yes, that's an extra D. However, these are more common than most people realize.

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  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Notching is when you see this. Hope this helps.

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    This is the norm D/D but there is a lot of them.


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  • BoomBoom Posts: 10,165 ✭
    Great pics!

    It seems pretty obvious that it is .... a D/D.

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  • CollectorManCollectorMan Posts: 241 ✭✭
    Thanks everyone. So it is a D/D. Great. Also, now that "notching" has been defined for me, I don't think there is any on the coin.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice find... should have it noted. Cheers, RickO
  • CollectorManCollectorMan Posts: 241 ✭✭


    << <i>Nice find... should have it noted. Cheers, RickO >>




    I guess to have it noted, it would have to be taken out of the rattler holder and regraded. I kind of like the holder. It is in very good condition. I think I'll just leave it in the holder. Any idea on what it might be worth as PCGS MS-65 with it being a D/D and in an original PCGS first generation holder?
  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The big $$$ are for MS66 and up I see MS65's go for 100 you may get more for the holder but hard to say not haveing it noted on the holder. It's crazy if PCGS does not put it on the holder then it is not one to some Collectors, Buyers. image


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  • CollectorManCollectorMan Posts: 241 ✭✭
    I paid $75 for it, so I guess I didn't do too bad. Like I said, I like it is in the original PCGS rattler holder. Looks kind of neat, if you ask me.
  • capecape Posts: 1,621 ✭
    Leave it in the Rattler as there are more obvious D OVER D . Not much of a premium.
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