2005 Nickels....Buffs and WW...have you seen them???

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• sellsatan Posts: 663

  December 6, 2005 9:42AM

  I receive the bison and ocean nickels in change on a fairly consistant basis. I see no need to hoard them. Many of them are of poor quality anyway.

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• BeeMan Posts: 364 ✭✭✭

  December 6, 2005 10:15AM

  I am still getting full rolls of the Ocean in View nickels in my cash drawer at work. I saved and looked through two of them. They were in pretty bad shape (Philadelphia). I never got the buffalo nickels in rolls at work. I had to get them at the bank.

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• bonkrood Posts: 796 ✭✭✭

  December 6, 2005 11:03AM

  Not a one.

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• GAT Posts: 3,146 ✭

  December 6, 2005 11:12AM

  We have received five D Bison's from the supermarket here in N San Diego. All of them have Mint luster and seem to be BU. I have the 5 sitting her on the desk. Nothing seen of the ocean is sight coins.

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• Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭

  December 7, 2005 1:36AM

  About 2 months ago I received a 2003 P nickel in change. That is the ONLY post 2002 nickel I have received so far. The Buffalo is without a doubt the most widely hoarded coin. Ten percent of the entire mintage went straight from the mint directly to the nations coin collectors without ever having even gone through the Federal Reserve. Probably another ten percent was probably sucked up by by collectors in rolls from there local banks as well. So 20% of the entire mintage is already in the hands of the coin collectors in mint state. So about 1% of the population is holding 20% of the mintage. If the rest of the population holds on average one coin per person because "Hmmm, that's different", the entire mintage is gone.

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• LanLord Posts: 11,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 7, 2005 1:40AM

  Occasionally I get some of the bison nickels, I don't recall any of the western waters coming in change nickels however.

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• EJB Posts: 640

  December 7, 2005 2:00AM

  ......In Oregon there is a lot, and I mean a lot of Buffs and Ocean nickels in change every day.....One thing though' the real rareity is anything from Philly.....I've had to go to the net to help the kids with there cent and nickel books.....

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• AgMe Posts: 881

  December 7, 2005 2:35AM

  I'm spending the Bisons, but usually whoever is working the register immediately buys them.
  
  I've received maybe 1-2 Ocean IV so far.
  
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• dbldie55 Posts: 7,742 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 7, 2005 2:41AM

  I have received them in change, but not very many of them.

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• 2manycoins2fewfunds Posts: 3,039 ✭✭✭

  December 7, 2005 2:41AM

  I've gone through a number of bags to find a few good examples and some minor errors. I've dumped the rest back into circulation. (5000+)

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• Mercury Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭✭

  December 7, 2005 2:48AM

  I must admit I have seen a good number of both in circulation.

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• ozzysdad Posts: 534

  December 7, 2005 3:50AM

  I still get a few of the series, Not many Bison's, I've got 10 roll's of each set back....... You never know, Someone might find a new or better error, and maybe i'll have a look someday?

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• tjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭

  December 7, 2005 4:00AM

  I have seen one Buffalo and one Western Waters, total. I have actually seen more of the classic Buffalos (5 of them) then of the new ones. I am seeing the new state quarters on a regular basis now.
  
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• Bochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 7, 2005 4:10AM

  I receive them in change (Seattle area) all the time actually.
  Same for new state quarters.
  
  Wish I could get the Philly mintmarks, but those take a few years and get dinged up before getting here

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• csw Posts: 432 ✭

  December 7, 2005 6:40AM

  I'm in downtown New York, adjacent to both the Federal Reserve and Chase Manhattan Plaza, and I've yet to see a single buffalo nickel.
  
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• coinnut86 Posts: 1,592 ✭✭✭

  December 7, 2005 6:43AM

  I went through 5 rolls of nickels yesterday and found 12 2004 handshake ones, 9 keelboats and only 1 Buff and 1 ocean... I'm not worried about any hoarding though.. I have a few of each.

  

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• TorinoCobra71 Posts: 8,063 ✭✭✭

  December 7, 2005 8:53AM

  Got the Buffalo's in Feb or so. Then got an OIV about two weeks ago...........
  
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• Manorcourtman Posts: 8,212 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 7, 2005 9:28AM

  So they are somewhat rare at this point.....

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• Boom Posts: 10,165 ✭

  December 8, 2005 5:25PM

  I hope so. I have a sizeable mint order just sitting right here, waiting................
  
  Need some?

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• Smitty79 Posts: 1,313

  December 8, 2005 6:20PM

  I've gotten quite a few buffs over the past few months. I got my first Western Waters in change at the Whopper joint Wednesday night.

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• pontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭

  December 8, 2005 9:43PM

  got plenty of p-rolls of both from the banks here in CT, plus I get alot in change which all go into a jar, probably will never be worth anything, but hey its fun

  
  
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