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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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 Posted - 07/09/2009 : 16:04:15
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It only took me just shy of one full year and 267 rolls of nickels searched to find my first Buffalo nickel in the wild. Yippee!!!
It is a 1936 and I believe it would be in a G-4 or just shy of that condition. This is very, very exciting for me. 
Enjoy.
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1664 Posts |
Posted - 07/09/2009 : 16:11:43
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| congratulations! |
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
 Posted - 07/09/2009 : 16:54:28
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A little over 5 boxes and you found a buffalo. It took me 5 times that to find my first. Congrats. 
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fb101
Administrator
USA
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oober
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1304 Posts |
Posted - 07/09/2009 : 18:10:38
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| Woot!! Congrats!!! |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 07/09/2009 : 18:39:15
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| great job hunting for the wild buffalo |
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jonflyfish
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
693 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2009 : 15:07:23
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| Congrats! That's quite a lengthy hunt for the first. |
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; second is war. Both bring a temporary (and false) prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunities. |
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1664 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2009 : 17:32:11
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I have only went through two boxes of nickels. And the first one was a skunk. the second yielded 3 buffaloes, and 2 war nickels. i should have gotten more boxes |
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theo
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
588 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2009 : 17:59:31
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| Congrats! I've gone through about the same number of rolls and. . . nothing. However, your announcement gives me hope! |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2009 : 19:28:08
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Thanks, everyone. Hoping to find another one and other coins that I have yet to find, like the IH, the Liberty (V) nickel, etc.
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2009 : 19:36:11
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I was able to stop by the coin shop on Friday and have the shop owner look at my Buffalo. Since I am so new to this hobby and have no experience grading coins I wanted to see how my "grade" would compare to an experts.
I had thought that it would be a G-4. He, however, said it was definitely a VG-8. So that made me happy that the coin was actually better than I thought and I am glad too that I am being conservative in my judgment right now as I learn more and more about this hobby.
Continued success, everyone.
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