The Rarest Buffalo Coins
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I would argue that my Buffalo Coin pictured below is one of the rarest of the Buffalo Coins.
This is also the coolest coin that I have bought this year.
Post an extremely rare Buffalo coin if you have one.
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Amazing coin!
Very cool too! One of a kind.
I have NOTHING to compete with that.
Thanks for sharing.
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Don’t forget the buff on a quarter eagle planchet
My mind is slightly blown! Nice. Glad you've here. Peace Roy
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Super rare series for major mint errors!
Nice off center on straight clipped planchet!
It’s a Buffalo Nickel on a FIVE Dollar blank😉
Here is the article in Mint Error News:
https://minterrornews.com/discoveries-11-2-20-1913-type-two-buffalo-nickel-struck-on-a-half-eagle-planchet.html
This quarter is not even close to being rare, however I recently pulled it out of circulation and I truly love the toning. I do believe the rarest buffalo coin can be found in the plains. It's kind of hard to find these days but back then they used to call them Buffalo chips and they were rather plentiful.
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Imagine when the coin came in and I was expecting a blast white coin from the sellers photos, and I am WTF this coin is Rainbow Toned as well. I was blown away as well
Just finished the obverse image ...
Just got back from North Dakota, spent 10 days there, where I desperately needed a buffalo robe. It was no warmer than 11 degrees and as cold as -55. Most days were -20 to -30. Glad to be back in Vegas, baby!
bob
Here is another extremely rare buffalo coin.
This is the only off center bison nickel that I have seen ...
Very nice error coin, EOC. Collectors of off-center coins would like it a lot.
Here is my very rare buffalo. A quadruple struck (struck 4 times) North Dakota state quarter.
Rad, How did I miss that coin, extremely cool as well as extremely rare, Congratulations
That's a cool score
I call this one All American Blues.
Haven't seen another blue one!
I’ve never seen that one. Does anyone have any pictures?
Buffalo, or bison, are great!
This is a silver medal struck by the US Mint in 1892. Only 4 were struck in silver and there's only one known in the combined census at NGC and PCGS. Is this unique now?
It has been discussed recently in the The Top 20 Error Coins of All Time thread:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1067304/the-top-20-error-coins-of-all-time/p1
1889 Paris Exhibition - Trans-Mississippi Indian and Buffalo - Uniface Die Trial
Love the Trans-Mississippi theme on this die trial. It's great that the US was exporting it's culture to France back in 1889!
Speaking of off center Buffalo Nickels…here is mine, O.C. on a CENT blank:
Wow, Mike that is an amazingly rare buffalo coin, just wow.
What I find interesting is that Mikes coin and my coin are probably the same rarity or perhaps mine is rarer (any other OC Buffs on a Cent Planchet out there?) but the value of the two coins is insanely different. ya, ya ya, I know everyone loves buffalo nickels. Just a friendly observation
Tell @cladking about it! You'll have a great conversation
OH YEAH! And it's been circulated or worn to AU-50 or 53.
Pete
And cut to see if it's really gold!
I saw and examined the Buffalo Nickel in gold raw. It does have a little wear but is almost uncirculated with luster. It is an amazing and unique mint error!
Wow... Some amazing Buffalo errors here...That Buff on a gold planchet is incredible. What a find. Cheers, RickO
I guess if we are talking buffalos can we also mention bison? Have a peak at this and see if you can figure out the variety
As amazing as the coin is, it's even more so because of the strike!
1921-S wasn't struck well, but from what I know is that the 1921-S claims the best strike for any 1921 Nickel. (what very few there are).
Pete
Super cool!
A menagerie of U.S. Mint medals
On the side of a bridge along Root River in Racine, WI.
You see one of these everyday.
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That's one details coin I wouldn't mind owning!
Just one of many coins that I let slip away too easily .......
not mine, just another great buffalo.. one of the finest known '16 ddo (1 of 3 pcgs 64's). ~$250k
cool thread, that oc cent planchet is a stunner. so is the gold one.
That's an incredible error. You've had some great opportunities Tim!
This is one of Dan's 2013 Moonlight Mint Open House Medals. What makes this unique is that it's struck over one of Dan's Concept Dollars. Unlike may Open House pieces struck for others, Dan struck this one himself and released it much later.
These probably qualify:
One of James Fraser's trial efforts. Beautiful and finely detailed.
Pete
I learned something today when I googled what type of skull is on the Montana Statehood Quarter ....
dates back to CMR's paintings. We still have a few free roaming herds. (and Ted Turner has a lot of them floating around on his place south of town)
Jon Sullivan has a Montana Quarter struck on a nickel.
Here is a rare "buffalo" bison.
Does this count?
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Here's a Tom Mulvaney photograph he gifted me back in 1995 of my absolute favorite die variety.
Mulvaney told me he spoke to the original owner when imaging it.
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So your rainbows in California are brown and russet colored??? Our rainbows back east are yellow, orange, red, purple, and blue. Is that from the smoke or mudslides???
I love the coin BTW!
Not an error, but hey, it's turned in to a buffalo thread. Took this from a 2005-S silver proof set. All of the quarters were toned in varying degrees.
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Capture looks nothing like I hoped, but I guess I like the paint brush surrealism aspect.
Devoid of actual details, I am missing my iPhone6+ for fool proof raw coinage capture.
Anyways,
My Bad Bison on struck Indian Cent acquired a few years back
That's called Indian Summer in North Dakota.
"40 below zero keeps the riff-raff away."
Now that is super neat! The toning is the Buffs natural color.
Pete
Here’s another that is one of my faves. Checkout the stretched out lettering around the rim. Yep, one of a kind along with an outstanding strike to boot.