After work finds. Finally something other than Buffalo nickels !

[Ed (Upstate NY)]

Had a couple of hours to kill before tonight's Albany Devils AHL hockey game so what better way to pass the time than hitting my favorite park only a half mile from the arena. After a string of 13 Buffalo nickels, I finally dug some deep signals which turned out to be V nickels. I got three of them today including an early 1887 and 1889 plus a 1900. Dug a couple of wheaties also. The 1889 has a hole which appears to filled ??? I'll throw them in the tumbler and see how they come out.

 

[Big Fang Coin Biter]

Nice finds Ed. Got to love those deep signals. I found a token that has a filled hole but never a coin. They must have had second thoughts. They also could have been trying to weight the coin. I know gold plated v-nickels were passed off as gold five dollar pieces when they first came out. Seems like a lot of trouble to plug a hole.
HH - Robin

 

[DougF]

Very nice - why someone would go to the trouble of filling the hole is a mystery to me. I haven't found a V nickel yet, but I'm one of those guys who doesn't usually dig the lower signals. Congrats.

 

[MNCoinhunter]

Nice finds Ed !

I would get the filled nickel checked out ... maybe they filled it with silver ! Might be worth something more than a nickel !

 

[park pirate]

Nice V's ED...............

 

[sgoss66]

THIRTEEN Buffalo nickels?! WOW! I have dug a few V's here and there, but strangely, never a Buff yet. And you got THIRTEEN!!!!???

Awesome (and, nice job on the V's)!

Steve