Filled my last hole this weekend - 1937-D Three Leg.

What do you know, snagged this XF-AU 3-legger for a song!

How did I do?

 

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Very nice

 

Depends what song it was

 

It even has a Full Horn!

Chris

 

Very nice. How much is a song these days?

 

I hope it was a very short song. The three leggers I have seen look different, but I will await buffalo savants and hope to learn something

 

It's a FAKE and if you're as good as you say you are you know it's a doctored coin!

& A BAD FAKE AT THAT!

 

Yep right off of Alibaba to I bet. At least try with a decent one

 

WOW ! Great pick-up. Hope it's the real thing. Did you get it through a private party or dealer?

Dave

 

I am not seeing the characteristics of a three legger. It definitely isn't doing it's duty. Front leg is over polished the real example shows some defition.

 

Check this thread, you know the answer. Jim

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coin-buying-education-101-3-new-7-31.63603/

 

If the buffalo ain't peeing I ain't seeing a 3 legger...that's the first pup.
The second pup is the rear leg it ain't moth eaten fake.
The date is incorrect.
The mm is also incorrect
The coin is no way even if real an xf -au unless you're on the pipe again!
Nice try Joe slick....

 

i can't see much from the very large and blurry photo's to tell if this coin is a fake or not, but for your sake i hope some of these poster's are wrong.

Dave

 

@desertgem provided the thread where the above quote came from. The coin I posted is a Chinese C/F. Compare the magnified images of the OP coin's neck and the field under the Bison with the images of the genuine coin in the old thread.

Several diagnostics are given but the main ones many use are these:

Worn die on the neck, rear leg, and under the Bison. Paddy mentioned an old saying I learned in an ANA class: "If the Bison ain't pissing, the leg ain't missing."

 

[QUOTE="Paddy54,
The date is incorrect.
The mm is also incorrect
The coin is no way even if real an xf -au unless you're on the pipe again!
[/QUOTE]

Paddy, I know there was a 1936-D and a 1937-D Three legger Buff, so how is this date and MM in error ?

Dave

 

Dave the entire coin is a miss.....there's no hoof below the missing leg.
The rear leg should look moth eaten.
buffalo should look like a stream of pee coming from under the buffalo.
The date and mm are not correct it's hard to explain but the date is huge and spread.
The mm is filled and in the wrong place.
As soon as I saw the post I realized the the Rev.Jim Jones was trying to get you all to drink the Kool-aid Rev. Jim aka "insider"
The color, texture, grains in the field, the right obv. rim, looking like it went through a coin counter.
Everything screaming fake....fake... fake!
And yes there is a 36 D 3 legger.....another dead spot on give away is a 3 legger wouldn't be the the last hole filled, as there's other dates and varieties that would be harder to find and fill a buffalo collection.
3 legget buffalo's are plentiful and I see plenty at every show. Now other varieties over dates and lower mintage would be harder to find in better grades.

 

The Rev. Jim Jones is an educator not a killer.

Recently I read that the instructors in the advanced class at Summer Seminar had some counterfeits slabbed up in genuine holders. Most of the class did not detect the fakes.

Sounds like a good lesson.

 

"The date and mm are not correct it's hard to explain but the date is huge and spread.
The mm is filled and in the wrong place".

Thank you Paddy for the explaination;
The photos are so large and out of focus to me to discern the distortions that you mention.

Dave

 

Soon as I saw it I said to myself fake, and I'm a noob who knows not a whole lot about coins. Guess I have a keen eye for remembering what they should look like.

 

OP's coin doesn't appear to have the normal die markers authentic '37-D 3
leggers normally have. I'd be concerned...

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