I have lots of circulated buffalo nickels that the date is no longer visible. Whats the best way to sell them? Also, many circulated that the dates are readable. They are really heavy and I'd like to get rid of em. Thanks in advance for your help! Marcy
You could throw the dateless up on ebay and I think you'd get about 5-10 cents per dateless buffalo. As for the dated ones, you may want to take those into a dealer to see if you have any key dates.
Dipping in vinegar for a few days can help reveal the dates on even heavily worn buffalos. I wouldn't do that on a coin with any possibility of reading the date through other means, but the weak acid in vinegar will remove the densest metal on the coin (for example, the compressed metal under the date) at a slower rate than the rest of the surface.
"Dipping in vinegar for a few days can help reveal the dates on even heavily worn buffalos. I wouldn't do that on a coin with any possibility of reading the date through other means, but the weak acid in vinegar will remove the densest metal on the coin (for example, the compressed metal under the date) at a slower rate than the rest of the surface. Read more: http://www.cointalk.com/t194294/#ixzz1cJjrkXkS" What would this do to value if a key date was revealed? Would it be worth more as a key date as altered/cleaned...or as is with no date? Not sure if I'm wording this correctly
Drill holes in them and market them on e-bay as extra special fishing sinkers that are quite useful in attracting Rainbow Trout and Northern Pike....... Forgive my impudence Marcy and welcome to the forum.
+1 It usually takes a few days in vinegar though. You could also try Nic-A-Date. Never tried it myself but I heard it works wonders. And as for getting rid of them I agree with Green18 Actually recovered a 1913-S type two from a pile of "dateless". I personally didn't dip it but I'm afraid it probably has been dipped in the past. Which sucks haha. But its a hole filler I wouldn't otherwise be able to afford.
