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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mountain Man, post: 7877074, member: 94733&quot;]Buffalo nickels are notoriously difficult for most to grade and with many mints, over several years, having poor or weak strikes, it makes it doubly so, especially from photos.</p><p>Seeing the disparities between the obverse and reverse would lead one to believe the obverse was struck with a severely worn die while the reverse was stuck with a recent die, but I can find no written material indicating old and new dies were mixed. When one die was replaced, both dies were usually replaced. Someone correct me if I am wrong. So the question of die pressure adjustment needs to be considered. The San Fransisco mint has a record of decent business strikes for the Type II 1913 Buffalo, so it has me baffled how the obverse and reverse could be so different. </p><p>Could it be that the reverse Type II die was used with a worn Type I obverse die just as the design change was made? If anyone out there has more information on this, please posted it here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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