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<p>[QUOTE="Bill in Burl, post: 26400281, member: 23692"]I don't think that I would be a fan of Variety Vista. There are some sections where they misidentify the Obverse from the Reverse. Don't believe anything that you read there ... consult multiple sources to make sure that varieties and errors are actually what they claim to be. There was NEVER a 5-legged Buffalo, but there might be a little MD which adds nothing to the value of the coin, unless you are trying to sell one on EBay ... they can ask all they want, but the prices you should count on are what an item actually sold for. A seller can name a coin anything that he wants, but what he says has to be accepted by other references and then published. What you have there is some mechanical/machine doubling and not another leg. Same goes for the liberty. Wexler calls MD's as "worthless doubling", and he's the guru for US varieties/errors..</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's some Wexler to read and Herbert says the same in his books:</p><p><a href="https://doubleddie.com/144801.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://doubleddie.com/144801.html" rel="nofollow">https://doubleddie.com/144801.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bill in Burl, post: 26400281, member: 23692"]I don't think that I would be a fan of Variety Vista. There are some sections where they misidentify the Obverse from the Reverse. Don't believe anything that you read there ... consult multiple sources to make sure that varieties and errors are actually what they claim to be. There was NEVER a 5-legged Buffalo, but there might be a little MD which adds nothing to the value of the coin, unless you are trying to sell one on EBay ... they can ask all they want, but the prices you should count on are what an item actually sold for. A seller can name a coin anything that he wants, but what he says has to be accepted by other references and then published. What you have there is some mechanical/machine doubling and not another leg. Same goes for the liberty. Wexler calls MD's as "worthless doubling", and he's the guru for US varieties/errors.. Here's some Wexler to read and Herbert says the same in his books: [URL]https://doubleddie.com/144801.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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