Date on Buffalo

[robec1347]

Can anyone tell by this picture if this is a 26, 28 or 29. I've had it for years and I've always thought it was a 26. (Wishfully) It is an "s" mint, so I know the chances are remote. But you never know.

Bob

[the_Thing ®]

[errorist]

Looks like a 1928 to me.

[Amanda]

 

Looking at the red arrow, it seems like a six. Looking at the green arrow, however, makes me think very much that it is in fact, an eight. That top loop matches the shape of a worn eight on a buffalo nickel in my collection.

 

It really does not look very much like a nine at all, to me.

 

So I say it is an eight. But I could certainly be wrong, of course.

 

-Amanda

[jgrinz]

Yeah 8 with a chunk taken out .. If the chunk missing was on the other side I would have to rethink my thoughts at a possible 6

[the_Thing ®]

I'd say its a 6. The upper right area, the beginning of the 6, I think you can see a definite outline of that part of the 6. But I could be wrong.

 

[Stanley]

 

it's a 9 i think (Avitar sized)

 

[Gold Finger-migration]

Looks like an 8

[the_Thing ®]

But then again.....

 

[Amanda]

 

-Amanda

[MunkyMan95]

It's a 6

[jgrinz]

Its a 6 ... I have compard them to .. the sixes proximity to the 2 .

I have the original next to my examples

 

 

[the_Thing ®]

I still gotta go with a 6. Given more time, I could enhance it much better.

[Stanley]

could it be an upside down 6?

[jgrinz]

The roundness of the HOLE looks like a 6

 

[the_Thing ®]

naaaaa, a well worn 6. The upper right curved beginning of the 6 gives it away. And, if you look at the funky black and white thing I did, you'll see the "back" of the six is straight. Never curves in like an 8.

[hoard]

This looks like a six as i do not see the indentation of the eight. the left side looks straight like a six.

[zrlevin]

My first impression was that it was a six.

[robec1347]

After seeing Amanda and jgrinz's comparison between the 6 and 8, I'm leaning more and more towards a 6. Mostly based on the shape of the loops in the numbers. Thanks for everyones work and input. A lot of work for an almost AAG1 coin.

 

Bob

[Amanda]

Seeing jgrinz's large size pictures makes me lean towards a six, too.

 

-Amanda

[TomB]

That last digit is a two, which makes it far more scarce than either a six, an eight or a nine!

[Wihlborg]

Tom. you are incorrigible.

 

 

For what it's worth, I think it's a six.

 

John

[Amanda]

That last digit is a two, which makes it far more scarce than either a six, an eight or a nine!

 

 

-Amanda

[RUSS BEGA]

why not try nic-a-date?

 

Russ

[Buffalo_Pete]

Looks to be a 6 to me..........

 

Congrats to you.

 

Pete

[jackson64]

I just happened to be looking at my album of buffs tonight when I saw your photo..it is definately a ....drumrol...SIX!!!..the eights are not rounded holes but more ovate, nothing like a 9 and a 3 has a flat top on the digit...

[Bruceswar]

I agree 6... Welcome Jackson!!