1936 D 3 1/2 Leg Buffalo?

[dw171]

Hi, I was sorting through some of my buffalo nickels this morning and saw this one. The front leg is very weak. Would this be the 3 1/2 leg variety? Here's a couple pictures of it compared to a normal 1936 D and then by itself.

 

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[huntsman53]

As far as I can tell from the pics, you have a winner! A closeup of the partially missing leg would help. Since it would be somewhat impossible to determine it is an authentic 3 1/2 leg Buffalo (i.e. not ground off) from pics, you will have to send it in to PCGS, NGC, ICG or ANACS. Oh and congrats and welcome to the forums!


Frank

 

[Molon Labe]

post these pics to cointalk.com. Theres a great community there that could tell you everything you could want to know!

 

[dw171]

My phone has a hard time taking close up pictures without it being very blurry. I was going to take it to my coin dealer this morning and this possibly send it to ANACS next week. I tried posting this on cointalk, but didn't get a response so I came here since I like browsing the CRH section.

 

[baddbluff]

Awesome! Looks legit to me. Congrats on a very rare coin (much more scarce than the '37d 3-legged). In F-12, that's a $1000-1500 coin! Have a pic of the obverse?

 

[dw171]

I don't have a picture of the obverse. It's the same wear as the reverse. Had it sent off to PCGS and should know something in 3 weeks. I'll update this then.

 

[Scrappy]

I didn't even know about this error. Better to check my..........

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[dw171]

Got my coin back today! Really excited!

 

[baddbluff]

Ya baby! Congrats on an amazing score. I'm a huge Buffalo nick fan & that is a really rare, tough coin. To put it in perspective, PCGS has only graded about 200 '36d 3 1/2 leggers in ALL GRADES, & only ONE in MS. One! (An ms62 coin). Compare that to the '37d 3 legger (7000+), '16D Merc (6000+), 1909S vdb cent (10000+), and 1893S Morgan dollar (5000+) and you start to see just how rare it really is! One of the best finds ever on this forum if you ask me. Again, congrats!!

 

[huntsman53]

Got my coin back today! Really excited!

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Congrats! That was a great find looking through your' Buffalo Nickels! That is easily a $1,000 coin on most days but could bring more or less, depending on the day and the mood of any Buyers or Bidders if you go the eBay route.


Frank