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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 30376, member: 669&quot;]They are, of course, at least 67 years old, but its true that the dateless ones are among the oldest - frequently 1913s - for two reasons:</p><ul> <li>the older a coin is, the more chance it has had to sustain circulation wear , and (more importantly)</li> <li>1913s are particularly susceptible to losing their date because it was a high point in the design for roughly the first half of the production run.</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>More than 38-million Variety 1 coins were produced at all three mints, with the date on &quot;raised ground&quot;.&nbsp; The last 35-million+ at the three mints are Variety 2, with the field for the date recessed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Acid is sometimes used to bring out the date, but most serious buffalo collectors frown on that technique, as artificial damage to the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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