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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KarlB, post: 2412982, member: 75549&quot;]The die was not over-polished. If it were, there would be a &#039;larger&#039; leg. Dies that were used to mint the buffalo nickel are incuse, meaning all of the images are reversed from the actual coin (highs are low, lows are high). So, in the case of the leg of the buffalo, think of the leg as appearing as a valley on the die.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is understood that the die was an older die.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe a foreign &#039;something&#039;, maybe grease/dirt was introduced somehow, and solidified, causing the flow of the alloy of the planchet to not be able go into the &#039;valley of the leg&#039; during the striking process.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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