Did I just hit the Jackpot?

Hello Coin Community. I just want to start out saying I know absolutely nothing about coins and their values. With that being said... After paying for my things at a gas station, the automated coin disperser gave me my change. I thought I was given a Canadian coin because one looked unfamiliar. After further inspection, it was a Buffalo Nickel. Cool I thought! Not something you see everyday and I know they're worth more than 5 cents.

I did a little research and was disappointed when I saw that my 1936 wasn't worth much. Out of curiosity I look at what makes them valuable. I eventually saw that there is a valuable 1936, a Buffalo with a handicap. I looked at my coin and other pictures, then back at mine. All signs point to having a 3 1/2 legged Buffalo.

I became very excited and thought about what it may be worth, but then started to notice other things. The biggest thing is letter underneath the denomination. So please take a look at the pictures and any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you for reading my long story.

 

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Hello. Please put pictures up.


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The letter under the date is an "F." It is the initial of the coin's designer.
The letter under the denomination is the Mint where the coin was made. You'll learn a lot more and perhaps become a collector if you do some research on your own on the Internet. Do you have a computer?

 

I thought I did, maybe I need to read the tutorial

 

Also, please make sure your pictures are in focus and showing the coin straight on, with images of both sides (the Indian side and the buffalo side).

 

We would love to see your coin and say congratulations...show us...even a cell phone snap or a scan.

 

@MattMcW86

First, welcome to the neighborhood, Matt!

Yes, there is a 1936-D Buff with 3-1/2 legs that could be very valuable, but we need to see good photos of both sides to help you.

Chris

 

When it comes to merely identifying a coin, I'll take almost any scanner image over almost any phone image. For aesthetics, properly lit optical macro is king.

 

Good point!

Chris

 

Sorry everyone, I just drove through the biggest dead zone in North PA. I will attempt to load the photos. I am on an IPhone 6s+ and I have the pictures. Just have to figure how to load them now

 

The letter under the denomination is a mint mark? On a Buffalo Nickel?

 

Welcome to CT.

Posting pictures is easy. Next to "post reply" is "upload a file". After uploading the files (pics), choose to insert every image as a.... "full image", then post reply.

 

Well..., sometimes more than one mintmark.

 

For some reason 3 bars in the top corner just keep flashing

 

Weak signal? Happens to me sometimes, but for me the "bars" sort of pan right, like its "working" on the request.

 

I had trouble over the weekend doing some uploads. They finally cleared the bars after several attempts.

 

Where I live, we call that the "big file / typical crappy bandwidth" effect.

 

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