1929 Buffalo nickel 4 rolling folds?

[Kotyerae]

I'm not for certain but I'm thinking that my nickel has 4 rolling folds. You can actually see where it says five in one of the folds. Can someone verify this for me please. I've had this coin for about 15 yrs.

[Zimmy]

It appears that your buffalo has sustained damage outside of the mint. These aren't rolling folds. Typically a rolling fold does not appear more than once on a coin let alone four times and doesn't look like what your coin has displayed. Thanks for your post though.

[PNWMAKES]

Agree post mint damage. This could not happen during the minting process.

[Kotyerae]

I see what you saying but how is the date visible on the fold. If it happened after the fact wouldn't the fold cover up the date and the date not be visible. Like under the fold.

[Kotyerae]

I'm sorry not the date but the word FIVE

[Ronald]

I'm sorry not the date but the word FIVE

Hi, when I saw this post my first thought was, because of the positioning of the pressed in damage,, (12, 3, 6 and 9 o’clock) that this coin could have been held in place by some sort of metal holding/clamp like holder of the past in maybe a vending machine, slot machine, pin ball, bar room shuffle board or something that took/ required nickels and held this coin tightly, in view as an example to show someone the coin needed to operate the machine. Just an opinion…

[PNWMAKES]

Hard saying how it happened but it is damage.