The 1st reverse is that of the 14S and the next is that of the 20S. I'm guessing he raided his dads or moms collection for a pack of smokes. Too bad for the collector Bruce
Howdy, Pretty coins. I'm hardly an expert, but seem to recall that both of these rascals were notorious for weak strikes. If that's the case, the 14-S might be as high as MS63 which would put it in the $500 range. Otherwise, it's an AU 50-55 running between $175 and 200. The 20-3 looks XF, which would be ~$250, but again, if this is a weak strike date, it could get slabbed as an AU bringing it up to the $400-$500 range. Again, nice coins. rono
Oh I wouldn't worry about that...a little silver polish ought to fix them up just fine. Seriously, I agree with Mike (Leadfoot)...AU and XF, respectively.
yeah, no way those would have survived circulation this long... I seriously wonder where they came from.
criminal It's a damned shame that somebody spent those coins. Even a crack-deranged thief could see they're clearly worth more than a nickel. Coin thieves are pretty low on the food chain. Not only do they take what doesn't belong to them, but odds are the collector has worked very hard to obtain what they have, and the coins themselves are devalued by putting them into circulation.
Really nice coins I would agree Au and XF. Maybe that Au might go to a MS. Sad to say that someone is probably pretty upset about losing those two beauties.
More of the story hya:IMO the 1914S looks MS and the 1920S looks AU. The toning is a pale green on each coin. The 14S does not have any "bag marks" and is in really pristine condition. The 20S looks quite good also except the photos brought out the small marks on the right cheek. I suggested to my friend that he have them graded as he isn't a coin collector and these coins need to be protected. He doesn't want to sell them unless he needs the money. Getting them graded is the only way he'll be able to get a fair idea of what they're worth. When he brought these coins to me to look at, he had them in a baggie with 6 or 7 Washington quarters, and a Mercury Head dime. The story he got from his wife is, that this 40ish year old man came in on a bicycle and bought a pack of cigarettes with the silver coins. She had seen him before and thought he was either homeless or a local that lived nearby. He's always on the bicycle. My thinking on this is that if he wasn't the legitimate owner/collector he didn't have these coins for very long and just spent them for change. I can't speculate where he got hem from. You would think that anybody seeing these 2 Buffalo nickels had to know they were worth more than 5 cents each. Even the Merc dime stands out as well as old worn Washington Quarters. You just never know when coins like these will come your way in change. My gut feeling is this man may not be of sound mind and may not really realize what he had or, maybe, doesn't care. More photos same coins. I took 2 photos of each at work in a hurry so I hope I didn't switch the reverses. I don't think so but anything is possible.:computer: Bruce
Holy cow, I would hope they were found. Becasue I can't imagine the heartbreak a collector is going through right now after finding his treasures plundered.
