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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;black-dog7315, post: 926419, member: 17592&quot;]<b>Hope this helps</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve owned several of the 3 1/2 legged buffalo nickels over the years, and a couple of the 2 feather coins. What I&#039;ve read about them is that sometimes the dies come in contact with each other without a coin between them- When this happens usually the dies imprint on each other resulting in die clashes.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The coins and dies are inspected every so often for defects or problems, and if any substantial dieclashes, diebreaks, or cuds, etc. are found - mint employees either remove the die or dies to polish off imperfections, or replace the dies with new ones.&nbsp; The feather on your coin was most likely polished off the obverse die - due to a mint employee trying to remove die clashes. This is also how the famous 1937 D 3 legger came to be.:smile[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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