1928 s Buffalo Nickel

@eddiespin Thanks. I only have a few without dates and have some soaking now.

 

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Lesson learned for today thanks @tommyc03. Enjoyed the OP too, thank you.

 

Try to check every 12 or at least every 24 hours under a loupe. Once you get enough to identify of course it’s mission accomplished because you know what you got. Good luck. I always get excited when I’m doing this.

 

Great find in the wild

 

I've often thought it would be fun to see how far along I could get with a "raised date" set of Buffalo Nickels.

 

Nice find!!! That'd would make my day, but that's because a lot of things could happen to make my day!

 

In that shape it’s probably worth 3-4$? Maybe a tad more? Regardless, it’s worth 70 times more than face. So that’s good, obviously. I’m not an expert on Buffs. But in higher grades, I think this date is somewhat desirable? I’m still looking for a 32 S or 32 D Washington in my change

 

I always thought it was a peroxide vinegar mix. So it's just vinegar?

 

you live anywhere near Kentucky? that would be cool if it was one of yours.

 

I just use vinegar.

 

@Inspector43 I found a no date Buffalo Nickel with a hole in it. I figured I can’t do any more damage so here you go.
This is the bottle:

This is before Nic-A-Date:

This is after a 10 second treatment. If you look closely you can see a darker discoloration in the date area. The longer it’s left on, the more damage is left on the nickel. Turns out this is a 1916 but it’s not the DDO. Thank goodness.

Here’s a side view so you can see what 10 seconds did to this coin. 1 drop of fluid and 10 seconds caused that darker area around the date. Before treatment, the entire coin looked like the rest of the coin, brighter and worn.

Hope this helps you.

 

Thanks CN

 

You did mean rinse, not WIPE, right? I mean, yeah, it's a details coin from the moment you apply the stuff, but there's no point in making things worse by wiping.

 

You’re more than welcome.

 

Actually, in this condition, I use a paper towel to quickly wipe off. Not worried too much as all I'm trying to do is raise a date. I've never tried rinsing with Nic A Date. But I guess if I were to find an over date a wipe might not have been so good. I've never quite thought about it much, just more concerned about quickly getting the stuff off to avoid the permanent dark stain. I have used cotton swabs in the case of those with mint marks, not that there is that much of a difference.