Hobbled Bison? Surely you jest.

Goldbully

I won a nice blast white 1832 CBH in lower grade on eBay recently.

When I opened the mailer tonight, the CBH fell out immediately.

Looks nice, I think I did OK.

But, the next moment intrigued me.

Out fell a 'Hobbled' Bison 2005 nickel in one of those dang staple holders.

At first thought, what a nice seller, this is too cool for free.

On second thought.......what the heck is a Hobbled Bison?

Could someone educate me on this 'variety?'

Here are my iPhone pics.....sorry for that.




Not real impressive error IMHO.

lasvegasteddy

???

so long as your 1832 cbh wasn't hobbled...all is good

Timbuk3

???, but cool !!!

CoinZip

Is it a die crack?

dbldie55

No different than the speared bison joke, and someone made a killing getting PCGS to recognize it, so why not with all other die crack coins.

FredWeinberg

Looks like either a die crack, or a die gouge.

ricko

Yep... Fred got it.... not sure why the term 'hobbled' was used to describe it though.. Cheers, RickO

derryb

consider it a five cents rebate on your purchase.

ctf_error_coins

It is a Die Clash for sure. That almost looks like my writing, but I do not think it is, altho I have written Hobbled Bison on many a holder

Goldbully

That's what I love about the US Coin Forum......you guys always come through with the numismatics, even on low grade varieties.

Thank you

TopographicOceans

Sure, why not?