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<p>[QUOTE="KarlB, post: 3209942, member: 75549"]Normally a die has to be polished because of clashed dies. In the case of the the 3-legged Buffalo, the accepted reason for the die having to be polished is not because of clashed dies, but to clean up corrosion.</p><p><br /></p><p>When a die is polished by lapping, the field of the die (the high part of the die) is removed, which can take away some of the edge of the incuse design. That being said, when the reverse die of the Buffalo Nickel was polished, heavy polishing occurred because of heavy corrosion, resulting in the removal of the front right leg, and a portion of the the right rear leg (so-called moth eaten). In addition to the removal of leg/leg-parts, the size of the Buffalo actually was reduced (edge removal of the incuse design), resulting in the back of the Buffalo 'moving away' from the 'P' and 'U' of E Pluribus Unum, and the Buffalo positioned further away from the rim compared to other nickels.</p><p><br /></p><p>The raised bumps under the belly of the Buffalo are corrosion/pitting on the working die that was not polished down/off. If those pits were removed, we may have ended up with a no-legged, floating Buffalo...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KarlB, post: 3209942, member: 75549"]Normally a die has to be polished because of clashed dies. In the case of the the 3-legged Buffalo, the accepted reason for the die having to be polished is not because of clashed dies, but to clean up corrosion. When a die is polished by lapping, the field of the die (the high part of the die) is removed, which can take away some of the edge of the incuse design. That being said, when the reverse die of the Buffalo Nickel was polished, heavy polishing occurred because of heavy corrosion, resulting in the removal of the front right leg, and a portion of the the right rear leg (so-called moth eaten). In addition to the removal of leg/leg-parts, the size of the Buffalo actually was reduced (edge removal of the incuse design), resulting in the back of the Buffalo 'moving away' from the 'P' and 'U' of E Pluribus Unum, and the Buffalo positioned further away from the rim compared to other nickels. The raised bumps under the belly of the Buffalo are corrosion/pitting on the working die that was not polished down/off. If those pits were removed, we may have ended up with a no-legged, floating Buffalo...[/QUOTE]
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