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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 25416069, member: 101855"]I think that spending funds to conserve this piece is a waste of money. The coin is pitted and badly damaged. The conservation will only remove the corrosion; it will not fix the surfaces. </p><p><br /></p><p>I view the 1937-D Three Legged Buffalo Nickel as one of the most overrated coins in the U.S. series. When I was dealer, finding one was no problem. All that mattered was the price. If you could buy a certified AU for $1,100 or $1,200 from another dealer, making a quite $100 mark-up was easy. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a coin that one can always find in nice grades, like EF and AU. That makes the damaged examples hard to sell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 25416069, member: 101855"]I think that spending funds to conserve this piece is a waste of money. The coin is pitted and badly damaged. The conservation will only remove the corrosion; it will not fix the surfaces. I view the 1937-D Three Legged Buffalo Nickel as one of the most overrated coins in the U.S. series. When I was dealer, finding one was no problem. All that mattered was the price. If you could buy a certified AU for $1,100 or $1,200 from another dealer, making a quite $100 mark-up was easy. This is a coin that one can always find in nice grades, like EF and AU. That makes the damaged examples hard to sell.[/QUOTE]
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