I was curious about the same; sounds like a few folks here are confident it's die damage. Appreciate the confirmation.
Do they grade these Ignoring the fatigue ? The neck, but more over his jaw between chin and cheek look horrible compared to the other listing 38D. 65
Yes. The issue I have with the coin is not so much the die fatigue as it is marks on the unstruck planchet that weren't struck out. That and the hit on the brow. You can have a pristine coin from a worn die that grades very high. At the top grades, die fatigue can adversely affect eye appeal if there are other specimens available struck from sharper dies.
Not trying to kick the coin, just the grading. I have many a buffalo with a much stronger strike marvelous luster, and are only graded 65. This market grading is for the birds. It is a little disappointing.
Nice. I'd definitely never remove it from the slab. Buffalo nickels are difficult to grade and many "experts" have trouble on agreeing with some TPG grading on them.
Tomaska has about 100 of these 67+s he's dumping on the market right now for about a grand per coin...All NGC graded...wonder what that does to the market?