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1913 Type 2 Buffalo 5c - No F, Missing designer initial - For the Variety people
My passion is Buffalo nickel varieties. I have been after Buffalo varieties for over 20 years now. Many of the years in the series were struck using severely abraded dies that led to many different varieties. From the popular 2 Feather varieties to Missing designer initials to 3 and 3 1/2 Leg varieties to name just a few.… -
Re: 1913 Type 2 Buffalo 5c - No F, Missing designer initial - For the Variety people
There is very little info available at this time on the No F Buffs. Ron Pope’s book is about the only place to find any info on them. There is a sort of a cult following of them! Not many people know about them thus they are not widely collected. But that’s the way I like! Some dates are quite rare and can be Cherry-picked… -
Re: 1913 Type 2 Buffalo 5c - No F, Missing designer initial - For the Variety people
Congrats on the find. I didn’t even know such a beast existed. Ron Pope, book on abraided die buffalos lists about a dozen date/mm no 2Fs. They are pretty scarce. Sometimes they appear in combination with a 2f but mostly not. I have the 16-s and 24p in my variety albums. At one point I had a 16-p that was both a 2f and a… -
Re: 1913 Type 2 Buffalo 5c - No F, Missing designer initial - For the Variety people
The No F buffaloes should absolutely get it's place in CPG in several more dates than just 1916. Somehow this variety isn't appreciated enough by those in charge of CPG. Like Manourcourtman said, this is not greased die but die abrasion, same as 3 legged, 3HL, 2F some of which carry huge premium in higher grades, why not… -
Re: 1913 Type 2 Buffalo 5c - No F, Missing designer initial - For the Variety people
@RobertScotLover do you mean No F variety? No it’s not highly sought after at all, this post and comments actually says that this is a minor variety as very people do collect them. -
Re: 1913 Type 2 Buffalo 5c - No F, Missing designer initial - For the Variety people
After finding MS65 1916P unattributed No F I got more interested in No F buffaloes and this is my new addition -
Re: 1913 Type 2 Buffalo 5c - No F, Missing designer initial - For the Variety people
Hard to believe that these are so highly sought after -
Re: 1913 Type 2 Buffalo 5c - No F, Missing designer initial - For the Variety people
Nice! -
Re: 1913 Type 2 Buffalo 5c - No F, Missing designer initial - For the Variety people
How common are these varieties found on date worn pieces? -
Re: 1913 Type 2 Buffalo 5c - No F, Missing designer initial - For the Variety people
Great coin. As a collector of Buffalo errors and varieties too, I can appreciate the time it took to find it. Well done! Are you going to have it authenticated?
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