Lot 1172
1914/3 S Buffalo 5C NGC MS61. . FS-014.89. NGC graded MS-61. Lightly toned. Very scarce overdate from the San Francisco Mint. A satiny example with nickel-soft cartwheel luster and pale golden champagne toning. Here is one of the more talked about dates in the series, the first of three overdates (the others being 1914/3 Philadelphia Mint and 1918/7-D). As mentioned, it is lightly toned in a beautiful, balanced combination of natural shades, which serves to highlight the choice surfaces. A few wispy hairlines are evident. The strike is sharp. Since the discovery of the variety in late 1990s, only a handful have come to light in Mint condition. All are exceedingly rare.
The diagnostic feature of the overdate is a faint straight-top bar of the 3 at the point of the 4, and the a portion of the 3's diagonal on the upper right outside of the 4. On the reverse, presumably all show a die break from the buffalo's forehead to the rim, and a fainter break at the upper edge of the exergue above FIVE CENTS.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
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