GTG 38 D Buffalo

As a coincidence, I stopped at a local coin shop and saw a raw 1938 Buffalo that caught my eye. It had great toning and I thought it had a fairly high grade. I bought it and brought it home, when I checked the mintmark I thought it was a D/D. I don't have a very good camera to take pictures of the slab, so you don't see the toning, but I do have digital microscope, so I was able to show the double mint marks.

I sent it out to NGC and this is what came back:

 

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OMM -001 nice find in a great grade..

 

Thank you. OMM stands for?

 

Over mint mark...Paddy's post from Nov 2009 Coin Talk

Here's another member of my heard.1938 D/D/D/S Buffalo Nickel.VP-001 OMM . Mintage 400,000 in the Varieties D/S D/D/S D/D/D/S . This Variety was only found in 1962!

 

Here's a '54 S/D Jefferson (another omm)...only 7 graded by PCGS...
http://www.pcgs.com/cert/81411860

 

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Just for comparison here's my '38 D/S in PCGS slab.

 

Dang Paddy that's nice! A large S?

 

I'm thinking that this would go up a grade if I had it re graded . But I like her right where she is.....

 

So, the reveal. Its been a long day just made it to Beer 30.

 

I may want to think about this . ....any idea of the spread value wise from a 65 to a 66?

 

Well about 14-15 hundred.

 

The higher mag. sure helps and I can see the diff. in the S shape in the middle of the D...Thanks for the learning experience!

 

S/D Jerry 54 Jefferson S/D OMM-001

 

I like it!

 

I should post the nickel as this jumps from around a $200 price point in 65 to $ 1800. In MS 66
Not that I would sell it...... my nickel varieties I'm taking with me

 

The S/D in a 66?? Bring it with you on the 18th.

 

No mine is a MS 65 not a 66.
I was just saying that if I sent it in for a up grade or cracked it out and sent it in it may get a 66 grade,since it's in an old Anacs holder. I don't like cracking the older holders.
I have about 6 or 7 high value Jefferson variety nickels in these old Anacs holders.

 

OK, got it and I'm sure you got the same grades for a much better price. I know I paid near full price for my 38 D/S Buffalo...but it's a beauty...and it's mine!

 

This is another OMM 55' D/S