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<p>[QUOTE="Seattlite86, post: 2780743, member: 59737"]I'm afraid my internet connection is so bad I can't see your photos. I can tell you, however, that the date is below center-left on Indian Head side, at the Indian's shoulders. The weakness of the metal and the overall design allowed for the date to wear down much quicker than other parts of the coin. Because of this, there are many dateless Buffalo Nickels out there. If you have a Loupe/Magnifying glass, you can try to make out the numbers. you really only need the right two as they all began with 19XX. Regarding worth, I'd say 15 cents seems reasonable, but for anything to have a value, there must be a buyer willing to pay the value requested. You should check the back for mint marks below the words FIVE CENTS on the reverse. If there is a mint mark, there's a chance that the nickel is a valuable key date. Some people use different chemical solutions (nic-a-date being the most commonly referred to) in order to remove some of the metal around the date and make it clear. This damages the coin, but you'll never know the date unless you do something like that. I have quite a few dateless Buffalo Nickels with no mint marks, I just leave them as they are and I'll probably give them to kids interested in collecting when I go to a coin show.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Seattlite86, post: 2780743, member: 59737"]I'm afraid my internet connection is so bad I can't see your photos. I can tell you, however, that the date is below center-left on Indian Head side, at the Indian's shoulders. The weakness of the metal and the overall design allowed for the date to wear down much quicker than other parts of the coin. Because of this, there are many dateless Buffalo Nickels out there. If you have a Loupe/Magnifying glass, you can try to make out the numbers. you really only need the right two as they all began with 19XX. Regarding worth, I'd say 15 cents seems reasonable, but for anything to have a value, there must be a buyer willing to pay the value requested. You should check the back for mint marks below the words FIVE CENTS on the reverse. If there is a mint mark, there's a chance that the nickel is a valuable key date. Some people use different chemical solutions (nic-a-date being the most commonly referred to) in order to remove some of the metal around the date and make it clear. This damages the coin, but you'll never know the date unless you do something like that. I have quite a few dateless Buffalo Nickels with no mint marks, I just leave them as they are and I'll probably give them to kids interested in collecting when I go to a coin show.[/QUOTE]
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