1937 D Buffalo Missing Back Leg

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  1. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    (I took the liberty of switching your photos from thumbnails to full sized. You can do this yourself when you post. Look for the "Full Image" option.)

    (Edited out some of my erroneous ramblings here. See subsequent posts.)
     
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  3. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Thank you, Sal.

    Didn't the real ones still have a ghost of the missing leg visible? I forget.

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  4. desertgem

    desertgem Senior Errer Collecktor

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  5. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

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  6. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Hehehe
     
  7. Jinxe

    Jinxe New and curious

    Thank you everyone for your time! I value your knowledge as I’m still fairly new to this, can anyone recommend somewhere I can get it certified or inspected?
     
  8. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Never mind.

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  9. Jinxe

    Jinxe New and curious

    That depends on the expense, I’ve never sent anything in to be graded lol if it’s a fake then that’s what it is, no harm no foul, but it would be cool to know lol
     
  10. Kevin Mader

    Kevin Mader Fellow Coin Enthusiast Supporter

    I agree with Jim.
     
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  11. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    Can I ask a question ?? Is this or would it be considered an Error or a Variety ?? Thanks
     
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  12. Spark1951

    Spark1951 Accomplishment, not Activity

    Many were struck from the defective, over-polished die, so it would be considered a variety…imo…Spark
     
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  13. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    I'm a skeptic, doesn't look real to me. How about @paddyman98
     
  14. Razz

    Razz Critical Thinker

    It looks altered to me and not worth the 30 bucks for grading fees and postage. IMO. You can see the tool marks in this pic which I downloaded cropped and rotated. image~2.jpg
     
  15. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    Good Job @Razz ! Nice editing . I see tool marks too .
     
  16. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    (Edited out some of my erroneous ramblings here. See subsequent posts.)
     
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  17. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Nice job.

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  18. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    I'm an idiot.

    *smacks forehead*


    @Jinxe 's coin:

    [​IMG]

    Real 1937-D 3-leg:
    Image source: PCGS Coinfacts.

    BuffaloRev3leg.png


    Normal Type 2 reverse:

    Image source: National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, via Wikimedia.

    BuffaloRev.png

    Again, I'm an idiot. You were right, and I was confused. It is the front leg that's supposed to be missing! I totally forgot that. Been years since I looked at one, and I've never owned a 3-leg. But I do have a story about one...

    Speaking of scams and 3-leggers, I have a personal experience tale about a (real) 1937-D 3-legged Buffalo nickel which came into a coin shop I was working in back in '93. I call it:

    Poetic Justice, or The Scammer Who Scammed Himself.


    .
     
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  19. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    So yeah, @Jinxe - what you've got there is an altered coin. Sorry for getting your hopes up earlier, when I had my head in the clouds.

    But at least you know now, and if you ever do a Buffalo nickel collection, you can stick that piece in the slot for the 3-leg, if the album includes one. Call it a cheap hole filler. You've got yourself a “3-leg”, all right, but it's missing the wrong leg!

    And like a dunce, I failed to notice that at first.
     
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  20. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

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  21. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Missing? Maybe it was left behind at your previous residence.

    Nope.. Wrong leg. Altered.
     
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