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Where have all the Bison gone??

2manycoins2fewfunds2manycoins2fewfunds Posts: 3,081 ✭✭✭
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What was it?
800,000,000 Bison nickels produced.
Anyone got any in change lately??

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    commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,102 ✭✭✭
    I just got one less than a week ago in change.

    -Paul
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    mhammermanmhammerman Posts: 3,769 ✭✭✭
    An interesting observation on your part. Ocean in view, keel boat, bisons, peace medal...rare to see any of these in change and there were hundreds of millions of each minted. If there are 350 million people in the US (at least ones we know about), there should be at least a few dozen of the new commemorative nickels for each person. I pick through my change daily and my wifes change at least once a month (she keeps it in a jar) and I might have 4 or 5 View nickels, maybe the same number of peace medal nickels and scant few keel boats and that's in about three years? So, yeah, I hoard them yet there are so few in my nickel bag.

    Somehow it's hard to imagine someone hoarding View nickels...I could see keeping peace medals or the keel boats because the design is so cool but where are the circs?
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    pf70collectorpf70collector Posts: 6,864 ✭✭✭
    Hoarders.
    Montana State Quarter Die Clash

    Box of 20
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    sTONERsTONER Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭
    im sorry, i thought you meant my ex-wifeimage
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    WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 7,082 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And in 30 years they will flow from the deceased like 1976 quarters. more in change today than 30 years ago.

    WS
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    Coll3ctorColl3ctor Posts: 3,388 ✭✭✭
    I leached all of my local banks and have $500.00 worth in bank rolls. I think I'm going to list them on the BST board as they are taking up too much space.
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    al410al410 Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭✭
    I have several mint sets on BST board and rolls and no action on them.
    AL
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    LongshotLongshot Posts: 353
    Where have all the Bison gone??

    Maybe China...
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    291fifth291fifth Posts: 25,240 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I rarely see one in change. This may be the most hoarded coin since the Kennedy Halves of 1964.
    All glory is fleeting.
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    cheezhedcheezhed Posts: 6,435 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Where have all the Bison gone??=Created On Tuesday 27, March, 2007 9:40 AM by 2manycoins2fewfunds

    What was it?
    800,000,000 Bison nickels produced.
    Anyone got any in change lately?? >>



    HSN sent them all in to ICG for the obligatory MS70, First Stike, blah blah label.image
    Many happy BST transactions
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    JJMJJM Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I see a few of each per day come thru the register

    maybe 3-5% overall
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    dbldie55dbldie55 Posts: 7,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I see them every time I go down to Ted Turners Ranch just south of town.
    Collector and Researcher of Liberty Head Nickels. ANA LM-6053
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    PRTCOINSPRTCOINS Posts: 253
    My brother gave me one he found in his pocket change from a store the other night, it was a 1935 bison in Vf. cond.
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    KipKip Posts: 852
    UCSB Electrical Engineering....... USCG and NASA
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    KipKip Posts: 852


    << <i>

    << <i>Where have all the Bison gone??=Created On Tuesday 27, March, 2007 9:40 AM by 2manycoins2fewfunds

    What was it?
    800,000,000 Bison nickels produced.
    Anyone got any in change lately?? >>



    HSN sent them all in to ICG for the obligatory MS70, First Stike, blah blah label.image >>




    Isn't ICG in the "Red Light" district?? They act like it
    UCSB Electrical Engineering....... USCG and NASA
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    PentimentoPentimento Posts: 1,367
    I just searched $2 in nickels after reading this post. 3 Bisons

    I grabbed $10 in nickels as an experiment during lunch and will check the rest later.

    The lady at the bank asked me why I wanted nickels. I told her that I wanted to look through them. She said that only one other person gets rolls of nickels right now-- some lady that pulls out all the bisons.
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    combatmailmancombatmailman Posts: 670
    Come to think of it I only received one bison nickle in change and none of the others, I myself have 1 roll of each in P & D of all the westward journey nickles, so I am guilty of hoarding a couple hundred.image
    Retired U.S. Army Paratrooper 1977- 1992 Served Proudly. 100% DAV
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    ManorcourtmanManorcourtman Posts: 8,489 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I posted a thread a couple of years ago about this. I called this issue the most hoarded coin since the 60's. I have boxes and boxes of these in unopened Mint boxes. Grand total of over over 15,000 being hoarded by me alone. I suspect in 20-30 years they will be common coins, but until then.........
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    Midus1Midus1 Posts: 305
    I can't remember the last time I got one in change.
    CampaignforLiberty
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I get them in change all the time, must not be any hoarders in the Northwest... Cheers, RickO
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    SilverEagles92SilverEagles92 Posts: 6,787 ✭
    I'm hoarding about 500 of em...
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,271 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    aballeinaballein Posts: 388 ✭
    well they are all plentiful in southern Ohio...i get them on a daily basis
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    mheffner2mheffner2 Posts: 728 ✭
    I'm in MD, haven't seen a single Bison yet.
    Hi.
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    CheeseGuyCheeseGuy Posts: 191 ✭✭
    Everytime I see the bison, I get excited thinking its a buffalo nickel, but then I flip it over and am disappointed to see Jefferson
    I like cheese, notes, and coins. In that order.
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    Boothill40Boothill40 Posts: 780
    Two today at the AMPM minimart but those are the first in a long time.
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just got two more this morning in the company cafeteria.... Cheers, RickO
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    2manycoins2fewfunds2manycoins2fewfunds Posts: 3,081 ✭✭✭
    I have a bunch left over from cherry picking bags.
    I spend them all the time but in North Carolina I never or at least almost never get them in change. Maybe I should start counter punching those I spend to see if they ever come back.

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