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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 04-20-2009, 05:21 PM   #1 (permalink) 72boss Junior Member   Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 4 1916 DDO Nickel, how much? I need a little help in buying a 1916 Double Die buffalo nickel, NCS Good details, marked "improperly cleaned". It presents well, it just has a few hairlines on the obverse, mainly visible under magnification, I'm surprised NGC wouldn't grade it, maybe they would on resubmission? What would be a low, mid and high price for purchase? Thanks.   04-20-2009, 06:21 PM   #2 (permalink) mark_h Numismatist     Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,472 I recommend going to heritage and checking auction results. The prices are all over the board - plus you can compare the coins to get an idea of the price range. Heritage is free to join and easy to search and an excellent place for research. __________________ the other mark 2nd Annual CoinTalk Fundraiser: Official Thread! (Donatations being accepted: March 1st - March 27th 2010) Best Baan Community   04-20-2009, 10:09 PM   #3 (permalink) Harryj Supporter**   Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,931 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by 72boss I need a little help in buying a 1916 Double Die buffalo nickel, NCS Good details, marked "improperly cleaned". It presents well, it just has a few hairlines on the obverse, mainly visible under magnification, I'm surprised NGC wouldn't grade it, maybe they would on resubmission? What would be a low, mid and high price for purchase? Thanks. It says improperly cleaned for a reason. Stay away from it. __________________   04-21-2009, 08:15 AM   #4 (permalink) kanga 50 Years and Still At It     Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,931 My Mood: If you buy a coin with a problem, then you own a problem coin. The problem won't magically go away. I won't intentionally buy a cleaned coin. I got stuck a couple times, but that was my fault for not being more aware. __________________ ANA Member APS Member ARA Member Be yourself ... everyone else is already taken.   04-21-2009, 10:26 AM   #5 (permalink) grizz numismatist     Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: aliquippa, pennsylvania Posts: 1,545 ....yeah, but we're talking a 16 DDO BUFF!!   04-21-2009, 10:50 AM   #6 (permalink) kanga 50 Years and Still At It     Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,931 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by grizz ....yeah, but we're talking a 16 DDO BUFF!! True. But my collecting style is either fork over the bucks for a coin slabbed by a major TPG. OR Do without. I can understand that some people go with the philosophy that it's the only way they will ever own such a coin. And I don't/won't put them down for that. It's just not me. Naturally that means I have some holes in my collections. __________________ ANA Member APS Member ARA Member Be yourself ... everyone else is already taken.   04-21-2009, 11:03 AM   #7 (permalink) jello Numismatist     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,523 My Mood: Kanga If it fit your budget and you are going to crack it out of the slab to fill some hole in you collection. I say go for it. I know I can't dish out $400- $1800.00 at Heritage just fill a hole. __________________ No one knows everything & I agree to disagree at times ***The only dumb question is the one not asked***   04-21-2009, 11:20 AM   #8 (permalink) 72boss Junior Member   Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 4 Hertaige shows some similar coins in the archives, but nothing very close, just not a lot out there. Recent sales include PCGS VG8 for $4900, PGCS G4 for $4000, NGC G6 for $4000, NCS VF details "repaired, improperly cleaned" for $3800, ANACS VG details net G4 corroded (2004) for $1600. I was thinking around $2000-2500 tops, what do you think?   04-21-2009, 11:31 AM   #9 (permalink) mark_h Numismatist     Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,472 One of the reasons I recommended you look at heritage to me I would have to see the coin in hand. If it was a light cleaning the 2500 might be okay, if it was a real harsh cleaning or polishing then $2000 might be way to much. __________________ the other mark 2nd Annual CoinTalk Fundraiser: Official Thread! (Donatations being accepted: March 1st - March 27th 2010) Best Baan Community   04-21-2009, 11:50 AM   #10 (permalink) kanga 50 Years and Still At It     Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,931 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by jello If it fit your budget and you are going to crack it out of the slab to fill some hole in you collection. I say go for it. I know I can't dish out $400- $1800.00 at Heritage just fill a hole. If I buy a coin in a slab, it stays in the slab. That would leave a hole in an album, but I can live with that. My Morgan albums have lots of holes because many of the coins are in slabs. Again, that's the way I prefer to collect. And I know that's not for everyone. __________________ ANA Member APS Member ARA Member Be yourself ... everyone else is already taken.   04-21-2009, 11:54 AM   #11 (permalink) jello Numismatist     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,523 My Mood: Kanga I do the same thing. __________________ No one knows everything & I agree to disagree at times ***The only dumb question is the one not asked***   04-22-2009, 01:32 AM   #12 (permalink) Harryj Supporter**   Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,931 My Mood: So many times we make impulse buys. No matter how you look at it a problem coin is a problem coin, PERIOD. Been there done that. I'd rather have a lower grade coin with no problems. __________________   04-22-2009, 11:00 AM   #13 (permalink) grizz numismatist     Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: aliquippa, pennsylvania Posts: 1,545 ........i want to place an emoticon right here, but i don't see any drop-down choices!! ........HOW'S COME??   04-22-2009, 11:21 AM   #14 (permalink) bqcoins You get what you pay for.     Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Nebraska/Iowa Posts: 5,247 My Mood: I don't know about that, but think. If you buy this coin, and later you want to upgrade it, how much are you going to have to discount your problem coin to get rid of it? __________________ BQ Sometime Numismatic Consultant See my Bust Halves here: http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...albumview=grid See my Holey coins here:http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...albumview=grid   04-22-2009, 05:23 PM   #15 (permalink) mark_h Numismatist     Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,472 On this coin - probably not much if any at all. It is not like these coins will come around in an affordable fashion all that often. It is not like we are talking a common date. Let me tell you if the right 1815/2 CBH comes along I would take it - even cleaned. __________________ the other mark 2nd Annual CoinTalk Fundraiser: Official Thread! (Donatations being accepted: March 1st - March 27th 2010) Best Baan Community   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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