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Message:: [QUOTE="Richard01, post: 117366, member: 2700"]Hi Vincent2920!It has definately not been dipped. The toning is the natural, of that I am sure, not induced by a dip. As to wear, the flat spots are not wear. The hair on the buffalo is flat due to soft strike. If that was wear (that much flatness) this would be an XF coin. Buffalo's are an art form in themselves in terms of grading, and you have to study the strike characteristics for each mintmark and year. There is a great book called The complete guide to buffalo nickels that goes through each date mint mark combo and goes over the characteristic strike qualities of each. This particular coin is very different from the 1913 T1 which was often incredibly well struck. It is almost impossible to find a super quality strike on the 1913S T2. The super struck coins sell for thousands of dollars. I am convinced that this is not a circulated coin for two reasons. One, I know the seller who knew the history of the coin, and two, and have worked very hard to learn how to grade buffs. They are the center of my collection and I have been working on grading them for years. Still an amateur to be sure, but this coin is an MS63 to MS64.[/QUOTE]