Please Help Identify And Value My Mintless Dateless 100% Copper Buffalo

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Tater63 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 09/02/2023 5:14 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Hondo Boguss Bedrock of the Community United States 15748 Posts	Posted 09/02/2023 5:20 pm Tater, we'll need much better pics than those to evaluate your coin. Also, how did you determine that its 100% copper? Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 09/02/2023 5:38 pm Much larger and sharper images of both sides of the coin, please. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 09/02/2023 6:25 pm Tater63, to CCF. We will need better larger pics of both sides as well as a weight to help you. John1 ( I'm no pro, it's just my humble opinion ) Searched 6.5 +/- Million Cents Since 1971 Report this Post to the Staff
kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 09/02/2023 6:40 pm You're just comparing the color to another nickel, right? That doesn't mean it's copper. They can naturally tone all sorts of bronze-looking shades or be exposed to something that does it. have a look at this one. https://coins.ha.com/itm/buffalo-ni...bnail-071515 Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Pillar of the Community United States 9754 Posts	Posted 09/02/2023 10:48 pm Sorry, but weight will likely show it is just a toned buffalo. Copper would be a totally different weight. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Edited by Earle42 09/02/2023 10:57 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 54905 Posts	Posted 09/02/2023 11:28 pm To CCF! Better photos would help. Probably just a toned Buffaloes Nickel. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Tater63 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 09/03/2023 03:24 am I will upload better photos when I get off work thank you for looking and willing to help. I will also weigh it. 5.00g like any other nickel? Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 09/03/2023 04:20 am +/- .19 grams mint tolerance. John1 ( I'm no pro, it's just my humble opinion ) Searched 6.5 +/- Million Cents Since 1971 Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Bedrock of the Community United States 13259 Posts	Posted 09/03/2023 06:44 am to the CCF Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Too many hobbies .... too much work .... not enough time. Report this Post to the Staff
Maine Member Valued Member United States 375 Posts	Posted 09/03/2023 08:44 am Looks like a common Buff to me. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17827 Posts	Posted 09/12/2023 11:36 am Quote: Sorry, but weight will likely show it is just a toned buffalo. Copper would be a totally different weight. Copper and nickel are almost identical in density (8.96 compared to 8.902 and the density of the normal coppernickel alloy is 8.92) so the weight won't really be different enough to tell anything. The color from the picture looks like the regular coppernickel alloy. so that would make it just a normal Philadelphia coin with the date worn off. Maybe 10 to 15 cents. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16181 Posts	Posted 09/12/2023 10:35 pm The vast majority of "copper coloured nickels" out there, are coppery in appearance because of environmental staining - they were buried in damp soil for some time, and the humic acid in the soil has imparted a brownish tone to the coin, giving an overall coppery appearance. Or they've been sitting in a chlorinated pool or fountain, and the chlorine has done much the same thing. What it's not going to be is some kind of "wrong metal" mint error - especially if it's so heavily circulated that the date has worn away. If it's that well worn, it must have been handled by many, many people for several decades - and surely at least one of those people would have noticed if it was coppery in colour, and put it aside rather than spend it. Especially if it had been bright shiny red-as-a-cent coppery when it left the mint. So, logically, the "copperization" of this coin happened after it became heavily circulated. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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