Here's an error for ya!!

Being a Buffalo Nickel collector and have seen this type of double struck Buffs in books and magazines I felt a STRONG desire to own one of these weirdos. So, when I ran across this one for auction I went all in and won. This is an amazing wonderful error and the only one graded by pcgs. .....CHD

 

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AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
I would love to see your Buffalo collection in person. Every coin you post here is just amazing!!

 

Thanks!! I've been at it for decades. I guess I showing my age with that response. Thanks again....CHD

 

Nice! Double struck coins are one of the most interesting errors. Make for some weird looking designs and they're all unique.

 

I feel like I saw that coin on here awhile back but I don't mind seeing it again Amazing error.

 

Thanks again...CHD

 

That is a nice error, but how do you know that it is the only one certified by PCGS? I could be wrong, but I thought they treated errors in the same way that NGC does. They don't show up in the NGC Census because there are just too many variables. Does PCGS list ALL errors in their census? If they did, it would be a nightmare to control.

Chris

 

awesome , I love the way this made the Indian and the buffalo look

 

Love it!

 

Tell us again what the 20's and 30's were like. I never get tired hearing about it.

 

I saw this before, I forget where

 

this is crazy. how much was this ?

 

I can telly ya about the 50's and the 60's

 

To much!!

 

I hate to point this out, but the coin, is a fake. Being in a slab doesn't matter as the slab could be fake too. I just did a google image search for double struck buffalo nickel and several came up with the exact same obverse but with different dates. It's impossible for it to be real.

 

I see some subtle differences...namely, the remnants of the second strike in relation to the mouth. On the example you posted, which certainly seems in worse condition than the above coin, the additional strike extends way below the mouth line...not so on the above example. Perhaps if it is slabbed, the OP could provide us with a cert number...I am not saying the coin is definitely real or fake, just pointing out some differences.

 

Oh my.

 

There are other glaring signs that it is a fake. When a coin is in the collar and double struck, the second strike will usually obliterate most if not all of the first strike , especially areas of the field involved with the second strike. There is too much duplicated detail on this coin.

Also, the similarities between the two fakes is just too much alike, indicating that they are coming from the same source. Probably China.

 

Well they have all our debt already, they might as well start printing the money

 

Look at the buffaloes head. The supposed second strike is the stronger of the two strikes yet there is only a partial head.
The weaker strike which was supposed to be the first strike has the complete head visible while cutting off a portion of the stronger strike.
If the second strike, which is stronger, exhibits greater detail and a full back to the bison, how can the top of the head of the stronger strike be missing and confined by the border of the weaker "first strike". The answer is that it can't be. It has to be a fake.

Fakes that are in fake slabs have numbers that are sometimes checked by the counterfeiter prior to the fake slabbing. In other words, they put a fake coin in a fake slab that is numbered based upon researching the grading companies site. They look for any other double struck buffalo nickel so that the number they use for the fake slab lines up with the description of the fake coin.

You look up the number on the fake slab and the search indicates that the coin's number is a double struck buffalo, for example. The number matches the site but the coin and slab are still bogus.