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possible acid dated 1918/7-D overdate buffalo nickel??? *warning LARGE pictures*
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<p>[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1525639, member: 15199"]I do not see enough distinction to voice it is the overdate, so I would have to opinion no.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although I am not suggesting it occurred in this case, Nic-a-date is mainly ferric chloride, the stuff I and many others used to etch printed circuit boards in the olden days. One could use resist tape or a substance with the consistency of fingernail polish to cover the PCB circuitry and the ferric chloride wouldn't act there. It is very easy if one is treating a buffalo , and one sees at an early stage a 1918 D to artistically apply the resist gel or tape where the "7" remnants usually shows, continue to treat with the solution and when done, remove the gel/tape, and it will have a different color there, so treat the coin a little more to even up the color and "presto" a 1918/7 D ????~eBay <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Of course I have never done this myself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1525639, member: 15199"]I do not see enough distinction to voice it is the overdate, so I would have to opinion no. Although I am not suggesting it occurred in this case, Nic-a-date is mainly ferric chloride, the stuff I and many others used to etch printed circuit boards in the olden days. One could use resist tape or a substance with the consistency of fingernail polish to cover the PCB circuitry and the ferric chloride wouldn't act there. It is very easy if one is treating a buffalo , and one sees at an early stage a 1918 D to artistically apply the resist gel or tape where the "7" remnants usually shows, continue to treat with the solution and when done, remove the gel/tape, and it will have a different color there, so treat the coin a little more to even up the color and "presto" a 1918/7 D ????~eBay :) Of course I have never done this myself. Jim[/QUOTE]
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