Removed mint mark on a Buffalo nickel?

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by D-Train, Jun 4, 2017.

  1. D-Train

    D-Train proof coin enthusiast

    I bought a roll of Buffalo nickels on eBay and was just photographing and inventorying them and came across this 1935 nickel that it looks like someone may have removed the mint mark from. Why would someone do this? According to my reference material, a "P" is not worth more than a "D" or an "S", so why lower the value by trying to make it into a "P"?
     

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  3. bsshog40

    bsshog40 Senior Member

    Maybe a practice removal for the attempt of another.
     
  4. Paddy54

    Paddy54 Well-Known Member

    Well they didn't they simply surgically removed a mm to attach to another coin.
    The problem is there are mint mark styles, so if they were trying to doctor a coin perhaps they weren't smart enough to pick the correct style.
     
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  5. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    well placed lamination
     
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  6. physics-fan3.14

    physics-fan3.14 You got any more of them.... prooflikes?

    Or they were hoping whoever they foisted their forgery upon didn't know there were different mm styles.
     
  7. D-Train

    D-Train proof coin enthusiast

    Really? Someone tried to remove the mm and transfer it to another coin? That's astounding!! :jawdrop:
     
  8. Insider

    Insider Talent on loan from...

    While it is correct that there are different styles, IMHO 90% of dealers and collectors who are not "into" varieties don't know what they are.

    This does not look like a lamination.

    It is more likely that this was a practice coin (adding the mintmark). I have two coins with the "added mintmark" removed in my collection and this is what they look like. A more magnified image would help to confirm added & removed or just removed.
     
  9. David Setree Rare Coins

    David Setree Rare Coins Well-Known Member

  10. D-Train

    D-Train proof coin enthusiast

    OK, so what exactly is a lamination? :confused:
     
  11. GaryLomax

    GaryLomax I collect, therefore I am

    Or could be just some bored guy trying out his new tool?
     
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