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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blue Lue Boyle, post: 2217947, member: 75509&quot;]Hi, everyone - If I may have a moment or two, I am hoping for some insight regarding a 1913P Type 1 Buffalo Nickel within my collection. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I feel somewhat knowledgeable about Morgan Dollars and Peace Dollars, but Buffalo Nickels aren&#039;t my forte, and this particular coin, among other Buffalo Nickels, was handed down to me by a late relative who had a big yet disorganized collection of Buffalo Nickels.&nbsp; There were some uncirculated ones in the bunch, but a lot of the Nickels were worn dateless and in poor shape, to be honest.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s just, THIS particular Nickel has long stood out to me because the details look so cleanly stamped, to the point where I feel like it might be an uncirculated coin, but what throws me off is that the luster that I&#039;ve come to expect from uncirculated coins just isn&#039;t there, it has a matte look.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that 1913P Buffalo Nickels did come in Proof form with a sandblasted matte finish, BUT I also know how exceedingly rare those Nickels are for anyone to have in their collection, so in all reality, I&#039;m 99.9% certain that the Proof version is not what I have, but at the same time, the coin has piqued my curiosity having such sharp details without any luster, and it doesn&#039;t appear to be cleaned or polished either.</p><p><br /></p><p>I attached some photos, a couple outdoors under sunlight, one under shade, and one photo w/ the Buffalo Nickel next to an uncirculated War Nickel just to illustrate my point that the Buffalo Nickel doesn&#039;t have that uncirculated luster despite its sharp details.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know it&#039;s tough to be conclusive via photo.&nbsp; And admittedly, I once submitted a coin for a formal grading, and I ended up spending more for the grading process than the coin was worth lol, so it was a lesson learned, and that&#039;s why I figure it can&#039;t hurt to ask a question here, and see if someone might be kind enough to enlighten me because, as much as I like to occasionally consider myself knowledgeable about coins, I probably am a novice by many people&#039;s definition, in all fairness.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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