JenniferB
Joined: 20-Dec-2017
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 03:41
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 03:41
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To preface this...
I'm very new to this site and new to cataloging my collection and learning about it altogether (I did a longer 'newbie' post in the other topic/forum...anyhow...
My question is...I have a Dateless Buffalo Nickel or a Buffalo Nickel with no date in my possession and I recently read an article that there were no Buffalo Nickels that were made without a date and that over time the date wore off...so...how would I catalog this on the site? How would I TRY and figure out what year it was? From other dateless Buffalo Nickels I have seen online - it seems like a slew of them were from 1913 and everything else about the look of mine look to be within that year or near that year. Any thoughts?
pnightingale
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 03:58
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 03:58
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I think there's a "no date" option at the top of the column. These coins are a perfect example of a great design poorly implemented. You can "acid date" them, (google it) however such coins are regarded as forever impaired.
There's a very clear difference between the earliest 1913 nickels and later dates in the shape of the mound on which the animal stands so these can be confidently attributed even in the absence of the date. For anything else, it's acid dating, or you could try rubbing a soft pencil over thin white paper which can often reveal faint details the eye might miss.
Non illegitimis carborundum est. Excellent advice for all coins.
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JenniferB
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 04:34
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 04:34
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Thanks! I was able to take pics but they aren't great...not sure if this will help or not...
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 06:43
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 06:43
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Your nickel is not a type 1. It is a type 2. If there is not a dateless option then enter your coin quantity in any date and then make a comment that it is dateless.
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Idolenz
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 16:14
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 16:14
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If I don't want to get rid of the coin I put it in the year with the biggest mintage or for unidentifiable coins there is always
THIS sheet.
PetrusAscanus
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 16:28
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 16:28
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I have a couple of them where the date is worn off.
So the value for them is very low ....
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pnightingale
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 18:12
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 18:12
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I have several hundred, scrounged from friends or picked out of junk bins, which I intend to inlay into our dining table. Because of the finished weight we will have to reinforce the floor and build it in situ so it won't be until after we escape from Florida. I have no intention of loading such a beast onto a U-Haul.
What I can't decide on is which side should show, Injun or Buffalo. I'm mostly inclined towards the Injun feller, I love the way the engraver captured the quiet dignity of a vanishing people without being patronizing or over sentimental.
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Cerulean
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 21:19
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 21:19
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Quote: "pnightingale"What I can't decide on is which side should show, Injun or Buffalo. I'm mostly inclined towards the Injun feller, I love the way the engraver captured the quiet dignity of a vanishing people without being patronizing or over sentimental.
Why choose? How about a 50/50 mix?
I wish our money still looked like this.
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 21:24
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Posted: 22-Dec-2017, 21:24
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Speaking of the buffalo nickel...the Cowboy Hall of Fame here in Oklahoma has the studio and papers of James Fraser and his equally talented wife, Laura Gardin Fraser. Amazing. Come to OKC and we can go explore it.
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