By coinquest1961 on July 3rd, 2011 That’s quite a cherrypick. I’ve been aware of the variety ever since it’s appearance in the old Spadone books on “oddities” and varieties from the early ’60s (general awareness of the variety was ensured by it’s first appearance in the “Greysheet” in 1976.) I used to occasionally look at 1916 Buffs back to the early ’60s but had never seen an actual example. I’ve been intensively looking for it for 25+ years. It’s one of only two of the worthwhile doubled dies in the series I’ve never been able to cherry-the other being the 1915 1-O-IV.
There was an AU […]
By Richard on July 2nd, 2011 
Recently I cherry picked a 1916 Double Die Obverse on eBay! Yes, the big one! The story is long, tense, suspenseful, and yet to be completed, but here is the beginning.
I was trolling eBay looking for picks when I came upon a 1916 buffalo. I look at almost all 1916’s, not because I ever expected to find a 1916 ddo, but to look for a second example of the 1916 possible 3hl that Ron Pope reported. The first feature I saw were the ribbons, much wider than normal and clearly doubled. I expanded the image and looked at the […]
By Fletcher on June 28th, 2011 
Check this out. I picked this one about a year ago, -found out that PCGS was finally attributing them, and sent it in. I got it back last Saturday morning after 4 weeks of waiting. I listed it Saturday night, and it only lasted a few hours. As you probably know, -they’re almost impossible to find without problems, and just as impossible to find in grades better than Fine. This one was in an ANACS XF45 slab originally.
This is a picture of the obverse of that 26D3HL. -I was able to use the obverse picture to cherry […]
By Richard on June 28th, 2011 
I consider finding any (unattributed) upgrade for my set a pick at this point. Recently, while strolling through eBay, I came upon an NGC AU58 1919 buffalo nickle. While the image wasn’t the sharpest, the Indian appeared to be missing a feather. It was available BuyItNow or MakeAnOffer. Since it was late at night, I BIN’ed it. It arrived a week or two ago:
The feather is not completely missing, but I think it is close enough, particularly through a 5x glass. If PCGS agrees, it will be a new pop top Frazier’s initial also is kind of weak.
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By Richard on June 27th, 2011 Every now and then we obtain a special coin, a favorite pick. It may be special because of the variety it represents, or the way it was obtained, or its appearance, or more generally, its story. This is a new category for people to tell those stories. If you would like to list some of your favorite picks and tell their story, without images, you can Comment on this post (eventually I will figure out how to allow images in Comments, but so far I haven’t). If you would like to include images, then please start a new post, and […]
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