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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BUncirculated, post: 1365654, member: 29581&quot;]1. Since these were never made in silver, but nickel, someone plated it and used it to scam an amateur collector who wouldn&#039;t know any better. As far as dipping the coin, there are a lot of collectors out there who do not like toning on coins, which is a very natural process that occurs, so by dipping the coin they were attempting to make the coin shiny. However, there are more collectors than not who would rather a coin be in it&#039;s original aged condition with patena and toning. </p><p><br /></p><p>2. G-F, but because of the possible plating, it&#039;s considered damaged and would be bodybagged by one of the TPGs. </p><p><br /></p><p>3. The only way that I know of would be to scrape the surface and see if the silver comes off in flakes, and thus further damaging the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. I know you didn&#039;t ask this, but the 35 and 36 buffalo nickels are common mints, and without the plating would only sell for $1-$1.50 each.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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