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Jefferson Nickels : American Bison2005-P Mintage: 448,320,000. 2005-D Bison 487,680,000 Designer - Engraver: Felix Schlag. Metal Composition: 75% Copper - 25% Nickel. Diameter: 21.2 mm. Mass / Weight: 5 grams. Finally after many years the Bison Jefferson nickels are getting the attention they deserve. PCGS, NGC, and NumisMedia updated their price guides. The coins are now showing a more accurate market value. When these coins first were released in 2005, I really wanted to get some because the classic Buffalo nickels are my favorite coins. So having these modern Bison nickels is pretty cool because the design is nice looking. However, the U.S Mint ran into some problems with these coins. The quality of the strikes was very poor considering they are modern coins. When searching rolls or bags of uncirculated Bison Nickels. You will quickly notice that so many of them have big marks on them. It can take hundreds or thousands just to find one without a bag mark.  2005 P Bison Nickel - MS-64 PCGS 
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I like the Westward Journey series with the Bison being my favorite followed by Ocean in View. Its one of the modern sets I actually purchased an uncirculated set of.
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That is a good looking nickel.  |
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Wait a minute? I just noticed that PCGS rated that coin an MS64 with all the marks on the face? That is a very generous grade. Grade inflation? I would never rate that coin as high.
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I think MS-64 is good. Eye appeal is there. MS-63 would be too low in my opinion.
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Not to offend anyone, PCGS graded my quarter a MS-64 as well and it looks nowhere anywhere near as marked up as the nickel. In my opinion the nickel is well over graded.  |
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Truth be told, I would never have submitted that nickel.
The obverse owwies are pretty significant.
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Not to offend anyone, PCGS graded my quarter a MS-64 as well and it looks nowhere anywhere near as marked up as the nickel. In my opinion the nickel is well over graded. Different series/metals/time frames. The quarter is mostly silver where as nickels are famous for planchet/striking issues. 64 on ultra moderns is basically what your average coin will look like from the mint, that's exactly what that one is. |
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64 on ultra moderns is basically what your average coin will look like from the mint, that's exactly what that one is. |
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That coin would be a spender to me. The condition doesn't merit even putting it in a 2 by 2, since my Bison Nickel has no marks, anyone want to buy an MS 70? First $100 takes it   |
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The last time I could routinely get solid date nickel rolls that were not nicked to death was sometime in the 1990s. Since then the mint must have changed something in the process. Most mint-fresh nickels from the 2000s look like they spent time tumbling in a cement mixer with several thousand others.
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@hfjacinto, Yours appears to be a SP which didn't have mint problems. They use a different die for those.
The one I have is business strike which means the U.S mint didn't make them good.
I highly doubt PCGS over-graded the coin. You have to keep in mind that every coin is graded differently.
We can't be comparing a quarter to a nickel when the quarters didn't have mint problems in 1964.
@moxking, I only sent it in because I really liked the tone. Sometimes you got to spend extra money on coins just because you like them or they're special to you.
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Mine was a simple business strike that cost me $.35
Well $2.50 for all 8 P&D shipped. I'm not knocking you for wanting a certified coin but no way I would buy a certified coin that needs to cost at least $16 when a simple unc only costs $.35
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10/30/2019 7:10 pm
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Solotime - your point is very well taken. I have a 3CS that barely makes VG in an NGC because it came from my Grandfather's deposit box.
Money isn't the only reason something is important to us.
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It does actually make sense not to have just any coin certified. But since I was already sending some coins to PCGS, I figured I might as well pay the $20 or whatever it was to have that one certified and then a picture taken. Here's one of my MS-65's   |
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I guess the difference is that I wouldn't send any coin to get slabbed. Even the 2 slabbed coins I purchase I took them out of the slab. I buy coins not slabs.
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