A quiz based on BNBAnalytics Great 3 legged buffalo

Oh why thank you so much.

That's all I was wondering. Sometimes it's hard to tell where people are coming from on the net.. But I'm glad you told me.

Thanks

 

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Do you know what to look for on the reverse of a genuine 1877?

Here is a good follow up question for BNB & everyone. Imagine that a man walks into a coin show & offers you a beautiful red-brown 1877 cent. This photo depicts the reverse. You ask yourself if it is genuine. Do you know what to look for on the reverse of a genuine 1877? Recognize that if you can determine its authenticity on-the-spot, then you might add a real beauty to your collection.

 

Didn't mean to get you all riled up.

 

I wasn't riled up, I was just asking because on forums I'm used to people being mocking and I just wasn't sure if that's what you were doing but I'm glad your intentions were kind.

This is like the only forum that I know that has such kind members. That's why I post a lot here

 

Collect89, that doesn't look like an 1877 IHC reverse to me, I don't have the books in front of me but I recall that all of them had a shallow N on the reverse. Could be a proof '77 though, but that coin doesn't look proof either.

That said, if I'm buying a key date coin, it's going to be certified. I just don't trust my grading/authentication skills enough to spend that kind of money w/o some sort of third party guarantee. The coin you pictured is in a slab, so I would trust what is on the holder to some degree

 

Your coin is no business struck 1877. They all have a "shallow N" on the reverse, like this 1871.



Have fun....Mike

 

LOL

There is a rhyme. If the Buffalo ain't pi*****, the leg ain't missing.
The other have pinted out the moth thingy and the other I would look for. Personally, I would not buy this raw, too many have been slabbed. Why risk it.

 

Strangely, in the PCGS book they say they havnen't seen many altered (bogus) 3-legged nickels. Yet, I always hear they are commonly faked. I bought one raw off e-bay once. Sent it to anacs, and it came back genuine, but cleaned.