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Ardent Listener
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 Posted - 03/31/2008 : 19:11:23
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So what is it to you, Buffalo or Indian Head Nickel?
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 03/31/2008 : 19:57:54
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I'm not sure now that you ask....Indian Head I think....
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aloneibreak
Penny Collector Member
USA
256 Posts |
Posted - 03/31/2008 : 20:06:59
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| buffalo nickel to me. but i hate looking for buffalo nickel rolls on ebay and having results come up for the newer bison nickels. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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 Posted - 03/31/2008 : 20:31:11
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Pretty sure they call it a Bison rather than a Buffalo. Check with your local zoologist to be sure.. LOL. I call em both Buffalo and Indian nickels but tend to use the term Buffalo more often. I also call them Beefalo nickels.
Without looking it up.. can you name the 3 Indians that modeled for it? How about the name of the Bison? Do you know where his head is now? |
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
2627 Posts |
Posted - 03/31/2008 : 20:49:29
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I call them Buffalo nickels. I recall as a young kid taking the train into Buffalo, New York and at the station they had a huge Buffalo nickel there. A thing like that can warp a kid. Make him end up hoarding nickels.  Even today as you take I 90 into Buffalo they have life size bronze Buffalos along the side of the freeway. |
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fiatboy
Administrator
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 Posted - 03/31/2008 : 20:52:18
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buffalo nickel
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misteroman
Moderator
USA
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Posted - 04/02/2008 : 22:22:40
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Buffalo here but probably because I live outside buffalo ny.Ardent why the frequent trips up here?Stop in for a slice sometime on me!!!
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Ardent Listener
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Posted - 04/03/2008 : 06:37:57
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Originally posted by misteroman
Buffalo here but probably because I live outside buffalo ny.Ardent why the frequent trips up here?Stop in for a slice sometime on me!!!
Derek
We often pass through on our way to the falls. I just may take you up on that slice. |
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pennypincher
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 04/03/2008 : 10:30:15
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| We always call them buffalo nickels. The term indian head is reserved for the pennies. |
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aloneibreak
Penny Collector Member
USA
256 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2008 : 11:54:08
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| hey HCBTT. quit keeping us in suspense. i never knew the buffalo had a name. |
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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
652 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2008 : 13:31:39
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Originally posted by pennypincher
We always call them buffalo nickels. The term indian head is reserved for the pennies.
I agree. "Indian Head" is an old penny design. "Bison nickel" refers to a 2005 Westward Journey series member.
Fun fact: The Sioux word for bison is "tatanka". |
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scott71578
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 04/03/2008 : 15:51:32
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we call an indian penny "indian" when theres no "indian" on the coin.
at least there is an indian and a buffalo on the nickel...
hey....why is there 4 legs on that buffalo? |
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Crash
Penny Pincher Member
USA
131 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2008 : 16:20:44
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| I've always called and heard them referred to as buffalo nickels. |
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misteroman
Moderator
USA
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Posted - 04/04/2008 : 01:44:57
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Ardent,I'm pretty sure you've heard of a place called grand Island?You pretty much take the I-190 across it to get to the falls,just past Buffalo.As soon as you go over the bridge there is an exit that will take you from one end of the Island to the other and right back on the other bridge.You'll drive right by my place.Make sure ya PM me the next time you come.Your Family's meal will be on me for running this great site!!!
Derek |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 04/04/2008 : 08:48:19
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Originally posted by aloneibreak
hey HCBTT. quit keeping us in suspense. i never knew the buffalo had a name.
The Buffalo was named Black Diamond. He was living in the New York Zoological Gardens at the time. His stuffed head is now located on the wall in a house in Baltimore, MD. Some people got to go see him on a special tour during the ANA convention in Baltimore a few years back. |
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 04/04/2008 : 09:28:48
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Originally posted by misteroman
Ardent,I'm pretty sure you've heard of a place called grand Island?You pretty much take the I-190 across it to get to the falls,just past Buffalo.As soon as you go over the bridge there is an exit that will take you from one end of the Island to the other and right back on the other bridge.You'll drive right by my place.Make sure ya PM me the next time you come.Your Family's meal will be on me for running this great site!!!
Derek
Thanks. I know Grand Island well. I always wanted an excuse to get off there. Would you be up for a falls get together? See the members only forum for more discussion. |
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pencilvanian
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 04/04/2008 : 15:31:05
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I had always heard of them referred to as buffalo nickels. Maybe because the buffalo was the first animal other than an eagle featured on a circulating US coin that the name buffalo nickel stuck.
Just my guess of course. |
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eharrison
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 04/08/2008 : 23:59:49
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Originally posted by Cerulean
quote:
Originally posted by pennypincher
We always call them buffalo nickels. The term indian head is reserved for the pennies.
I agree. "Indian Head" is an old penny design. "Bison nickel" refers to a 2005 Westward Journey series member.
Fun fact: The Sioux word for bison is "tatanka".
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Know Common Cents
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 04/11/2008 : 19:45:04
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| Without hesitation, the Buffalo nickel. When someone mentions an Indian Head nickel to me, I always have a momentary pause until the Indian Head = Buffalo thing kicks in. I have enough of those DUH moments anyway without this confusion. |
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Ardent Listener
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2627 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2008 : 19:54:38
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The new Buffalo nickel was a nice try, but no cigar. |
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misteroman
Moderator
USA
1246 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2008 : 22:55:31
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| ^^^ I've saved everyone of those I've gotten since they have come out.I bet I've only pulled about 100 out of change as I think everyone else is saving them as well |
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jpf231
Penny Collector Member
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2008 : 15:42:36
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| Absolutely a "Beef"alo. |
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Coin_Kitten
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 04/14/2008 : 21:24:43
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| i call them buffalo nickels. most of the time you name the back like wheet pennies and indian head pennies. oh wait... indians are the front. hm,,. i dunno. i call the buffalos because they are cuter. |
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