1920-D Buffalo Nickel. MS-66 (PCGS). CMQ.

Simply put, this is a beautiful coin. Indirect viewing angles show even light silver-gray surfaces, but when the coin dips into a light the viewer is treated to dazzling champagne-gold, powder blue and pinkish-apricot toning in a target-like distribution. Smooth and frosty with a dynamic strike for an issue that is often noticeably blunt in the centers. As with so many mintmarked Buffalo nickel issues from the 1910s and 1920s, the 1920-D is typically encountered either well worn or in lower Mint State grades. Among the Mint State survivors poor striking quality and inferior luster are the rule, thereby explaining the scarcity of premium quality Gems such as that offered here. Indeed, this is one of the best produced and most attractive survivors ever to have appeared in one of our sales.

PCGS# 3945. NGC ID: 22RR.

PCGS Population: 9; 0 finer.

Estimate: $40000