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Krispy, Thanks for the help. Let me give this a try...

Here is a 29-D I crossed from NGC to PCGS.

 

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Absolute gorgeous set of Buffalo proofs. Hold on to those babies. I'll have to attempt them again. Love your 26-D pickup.:bow:

 

Looks superb! Congrats!!

 

Robec (Bob),

Thanks for the nice words. I still haven't found a 1916 in PR67 that I liked. That is a tough date. I think I saw your 37 Satin for sale and was tempted. Did you sell your set to a dealer? I assume it wasn't by auction because I think I would have seen that nice of a set.

Good luck building it back up.:smile :smile

 

Only with your help!

 

I had to take a look at your MS set http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/alltimeset.aspx?s=60453 Congratulations on what you have. It is a stunning set so far. I don't know which is my favorite, maybe the 1913 T-2. But there are a few that are close to it.

 

Andy of Angel Dee's was the middle man, although I later saw a few sold on a Heritage auction and a couple on the Legend site. I think Andy had the '37 Satin on his site for awhile. I had a tough time watching the set getting pieced out. I picked up the 1916 first to get the toughie out of the way. It, along with the 1913 T-1 were my two favorites.

 

Bob,
Andy is a fine dealer and has some beautiful Buffalo's, though he can be tough on prices. I have bought a few from him. I also purchased two of my proofs from Legend but checking your photos, I don't think I own any that used to be yours.

Thanks for the compliments on my MS set -- it has been a long process (over three years now) and I am trying to be patient as I go for the remaining ones, most of which are the difficult dates, like the San Francisco coins from the 20's.

Jeff

 

Here is one more, 1929.
Once again nothin' special.

 

Two no daters

 

A favorite Buff o' mine.......

 

Oh boy! You sure did get that image upload thingie figured out! What a beauty Ken!

 

Normally I do the uploads and editing on my desktop. On this upload I'm workin' on the daughters laptop. Had to resize the image using the photoscape software. Usually I use a "power toy" re-sizer on the desktop.

 

Great photo Ken, it is very sharp!!
I've always loved the Gold Buffaloes, still, always, regretting not getting the $5 the day they went on sale in 08'...
STUPID STUPID STUPID!
They are and have been going in that $500-$600 range, and don't even get me started on the MS70 FIRST STRIKES by PCGS...That is a coin that is going over $1000. All for 1/10 of gold!
CRAZY!

 

This is probably the best one I have just because of its rainbow toning, which unfortunately doesn't really show up in the pics.

 

Lighting is definitely your problem there.
How are you taking those pics?

 

I have 2 of those flexi neck desk lamps on each side but they are smaller types and the bulbs are only 25W each. I had checked out some differents posts about coin photography and just tried to improvise with what I have around here.

 

All of my photos are taken with 20W Halogen Lamps.

Keep trying, put those lights on the coin at preferably the ten and two o clock positions. Try not to make a shadow over the coin with the camera either.

 

Here is one of 2 I found in circulation. It has been years - many years - since I have seen a Buffalo in circulation. However, they used to be common.

 

Couldn't find any Halogen lamps but found another, larger, desk lamp, put the 2 weak ones at 10 and the larger one which has a 13W CFL bulb at 2 and put pieces of white paper between them and the coin and put the coin on a black surface and it seemed to help. Thanks for the advice.