A few months ago, PCGS attributed a 1926-d Three and a Half Legged buffalo nickel for the first time. More recently it was added to the coins required for the Buffalo Nickel Complete Variety registry set. One wonders how they decided to attribute the 1926-d 3hl since there are lots of other varieties they might have chosen. Leaving that issue aside, which varieties would you like to see PCGS attribute and add to their Buffalo Nickel Complete Variety set? The CherryPicker’s Guide, Fourth Edition, Volume II, includes “Fivaz/Stanton Number Cross-Reference Chart” as Appendix K. It lists the new and old […]
1919 Two Feathers FS-401 38448 I purchased the above coin raw and attributed on the bid board at a local brick and mortar coin dealer. It is now graded VF35 and attributed Two Feathers variety by PCGS. I own a second 1919 2F, graded F15 attributed 2F by PCGS. I now also own a 1919 2F graded NGC AU58 but unattributed. It will be going to PCGS. And I own two other raw 1919 2Fs, both in Fine, more or less. They do not all appear to have been struck from the same pair of dies. But the story […] 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 […] 
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 […] |