Found a Semi-key 1918D Buffalo in my Nickel Box Today!

baddbluff · Mar 13, 2012

Well, just days after finding a 1950D Jefferson nick in a roll at work, I made another cool nickel find today. I went out this morning and did 4 boxes of halves (all skunks). On the way home, I decided to try a box of nickels... hadn't bought a box since last summer. About halfway through the box, I saw a nickel with a slightly darker edge. I pulled it out of the stack, hoping for a war nick, and found this beauty! (See pics below.) Saw the 1918 date first; flipped it over and was pleased to see the D mint mark. The rest of the box yielded a few other goodies: a nice '38, a better-date '38D (needed that one for my CRH Jefferson Set), and a few other common 39's, 40's, and 50's. No war nicks - guess I will have to settle for the 18D! Red Book lists it at $40 in VG - that's about what I grade it (too bad it's not the 18/7d).

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SilverFace · Mar 13, 2012

Wow - you're doing great with the nickels lately! That's a great find! :icon_thumright:

I just checked a no date D buffalo that I found in my last nickel box in Jan. I've been soaking it in vinegar for the past 6 weeks and I can still barely read the date after 6 weeks of soaking. It looks like a '28D or '29D. The dates of the last two buffaloes I soaked came out much better. I think one was a '14 & the other was an '18.

I'm ready for another box of nics sometime this week. I'll probably have much better luck finding silver than I have from my half boxes lately too.

mountainman 2 · Mar 14, 2012

Congrats on that semi key nickel! It's tough to find the earlier buffalos with readable dates and you found a nice one. :icon_thumleft:

frankendime · Mar 14, 2012

That is a good looking nickel! Still looking for my first Buff in the wild. Nice find.

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Bigheed · Mar 14, 2012

That is in pretty nice condition for a wild buffalo!

congrats!

cooper36 · Mar 17, 2012

baddbluff said:
Well, just days after finding a 1950D Jefferson nick in a roll at work, I made another cool nickel find today. I went out this morning and did 4 boxes of halves (all skunks). On the way home, I decided to try a box of nickels... hadn't bought a box since last summer. About halfway through the box, I saw a nickel with a slightly darker edge. I pulled it out of the stack, hoping for a war nick, and found this beauty! (See pics below.) Saw the 1918 date first; flipped it over and was pleased to see the D mint mark. The rest of the box yielded a few other goodies: a nice '38, a better-date '38D (needed that one for my CRH Jefferson Set), and a few other common 39's, 40's, and 50's. No war nicks - guess I will have to settle for the 18D! Red Book lists it at $40 in VG - that's about what I grade it (too bad it's not the 18/7d).

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congrats