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buffalo nickel.

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So I was at burgerking getting some food for my little girl. My change was 55 cents. The girl at the window tried to pass off a buffalo nickel to me. I guess she thought it was a fake since it didn't look like a real nickel.

I showed it to my little girl and said, WOW! a buffalo nickel and its 1924 too. It could be worth a fortune!!

Can you just imagine the look on that girl's face?

So I looked up the values on link.


Year, Location, fine value, Extremely fine value

1924 $8 $20
1924 D $65 $180
1924 S $400 $1100


Blank is philly ment
D is Denver
S is San Francisco Ment

I can't wait to get home to see which ment it is. Probably just Philly, but that's cool anyway.
 
My brother recently got one from a 7-11. It's worn so smooth that you can no longer see the year, however.
 
mint not ment


congrats on your find.


I have an eye for spotting old money when Im getting it - dollar bills with unfamiliar sigs (yes, I look at those), color and weight of coins (I got a solid silver 1961 dime as change last month). My best ever was 1929 Silver Certificate I got from Long John Silvers in 1997. I immediately recognized its unusual look and knew it was special - it was.
 
I'm at work so I had the wife take a look at it. She says she can't make out whether there's a D S or just blank in that area since its worn out around the edges. The date was correct though.
 
Originally posted by: cheapbidder01
I'm at work so I had the wife take a look at it. She says she can't make out whether there's a D S or just blank in that area since its worn out around the edges. The date was correct though.
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Coin nerds are even more exacting than comic book nerds. If you can't 'tell' if there's a mint stamp that's no where near fine condition.

I think it's awesome your girl recognized it and you should give it to her to enjoy but it's unlikely to be worth that much because of wear.

FYI.
 
Once when I was a cashier at Sears (during college) an older lady partly paid for her stuff with five Mercury-head dimes. If I'm not mistaken, these are almost solid silver. I questioned her on it, and she said that she was using her coin collection as money because she couldn't get what she wanted for it from a local coin dealer.

I bought them out of my register and gave them to my brother.
 
Lucky! I'm still searching for any coins. Sofar, I've found a Silver Dollar lying on the street. I went to the mint guy, and he told me it was real!
 
The girl at the window tried to pass off a buffalo nickel to me
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What do you mean she 'tried' to pass it off to you? You didn't want to accept it? Maybe she didn't bother looking at the coins she handed you... i know when i worked at cash registers, i didn't bother looking at the coins when i was handing them out to the customers.

That being said, i use to spend a lot of time looking through the register and the coins (family business... bored a lot), and use to collect the strange coins in hopes they were worth something... most value i ever got was a dime that was only worth a couple of dollars... doubt i would have gotten more than $0.50 to a coin dealer, so didn't bother with it.
 
I once got a 1907 penny in change that was in such good shape that I couldn't tell it from a new penny until I looked at it. It had to have come from a collection as it still had its original luster. I wonder if some big collectors actually don't just recirculate coins just to keep things interesting. Sounds kind of foolish but I really can't explain this find other than a bad accident.
 
I'm sorry quick check reavealed that it was a 1909 and not an Indian head cent. I think the clerk would've noticed that one.
 
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