It looks like it is, but you think they would have went another couple of steps to bring out the date better.
Actually I respect the person who did it for stopping as soon as the date became clear enough for positive ID.
So, there is different degrees of value reduction with using acid on nickels ? I had always read that if it were used, then the value of the coin was destroyed. I wasn't aware that the amount of use was taken into consideration. I am, by no means, being a smart-alec. Just curious if Buffs still had much value after acid use.
What ive been told by people, is that its 10% of BV. So, if it was origanally 50 bucks, then its value is now 5.
That looks like 3 votes for acid plus the original person. Good enough for me. Lesson learned on that one. I won't make that mistake again. Thanks much!
Well Roto, If there's no date it sure aint't worth much now is it? So why not? Off the record I think 1968 was a big acid date but that's a different story.
That's the dilema. If you can't read the date you don't know what you have. If you acid date the coin and find out it is a rare date then you know what it is but it is also acid dated. Damned if you do; damned if you don't. Personally, I would not acid date a nickel, but that's just me. Yes, 1968 was a big acid year. (At least according to Timothy Leary.)
Here's the whole thing. I have no idea what I paid for it, if anything. I've probably had it 20 years or so. I didn't know about the acid until I tried to sell it. Lesson learned. That's something I'll be looking for from now on.
Grey sheet on a '14 Buffalo is $14 in Good. Your coin was less than Good so I don't think you have lost a lot. If I were you I'd keep it as an example of an acid date Buffalo.
thanks for the extra pics. With out them, i was NOT able to even see what the first images were showing. Now, with these added pics, i cant believe i couldnt see it in the first The coin might not be worth alot, but like Hobo mentioned, it will be a good example piece.
It looks like it has been acid dated, but that isn't how a date normaly looks after being acid dated. So maybe someone acid dated a coin w/ a visible date?
On nickels, in the area where the date is stamped, the numerals of the date are more dense. So, you can apply acid (aka: Nic-a-Date) and it will eat the metal around the date, leaving the more dense material that is the date. This is the same basic principal that law enforcement uses to find serial numbers on weapons that have them ground off. I hope that helps.
