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Hello everyone, I have been very busy with work (which is a good thing, especially now!) the last several months and have not had much time to participate in CCF. I manufacture ammunition and we can barely keep up with the orders! Anyways, I sure have missed all the great resources and people here at CCF. So for my first post in a long while, I will have a contest. The first person who can tell me "who was Black Diamond and what became of him?" will win an assortment of 2x2 plastic coin holders pictured below.(shipping is also free) Good Luck!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The Buffalo Bison on the reverse of the US Nickel
Black Diamond was born in 1893 of a bull and cow given to the zoo by Barnum and Bailey. He weighed 1550 pounds (ultimately yielding 750 pounds of usable meat). He was a popular attraction at the zoo and was featured on the cover of the "Popular Official Guide to the Zoo York Zoological Park" in 1909.
Sick and disabled at age 22, Black Diamond was put up for auction June 28, 1915. However, no bids were received. He was purchased for slaughter in a private sale for $300 by A. Silz, inc., a game and poultry dealer. He was slaughtered November 17 and "Black Diamond Steaks" were sold for $2 a pound. Fred Santer, a New York taxidermist, mounted Black Diamond's head and turned his hide into a then-fashionable 13-foot automobile robe.
PS: I edited this but I still think I am first to answer who he was and what became of him.
Edited by TNG
01/18/2009 11:33 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Leônidas da Silva, Brazilian footballer, known as "Black Diamond"
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Pillar of the Community
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Clinton Morrison, Irish/English footballer, known as "Black Diamond"
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Pillar of the Community
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Black Diamond (buffalo), the name of the North American bison featured on the reverse of the Buffalo nickels introduced from 1913 to 1938 |
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Pillar of the Community
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The Bison were off course hunted and almost became extinct.
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Pillar of the Community
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Bison were hunted almost to extinction in the 19th century and were reduced to a few hundred by the mid-1880s. The main reason they were hunted was for their skins, with the rest of the animal left behind to decay on the ground. After the animals rotted, their bones were collected and shipped back east in large quantities.In 1874, President Ulysses S. Grant "pocket vetoed" a Federal bill to protect the dwindling bison herds, and in 1875 General Philip Sheridan pleaded to a joint session of Congress to slaughter the herds, to deprive the Indians of their source of food. By 1884, the American Bison was close to extinction.
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Zohar444, Thanks for the very informative history lesson, the things I just forgot, I do not remember what I had for lunch yesterday but I know the names of every person that was in my 8th grade class(1968), Thanks again for taking the time, Mike...
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Congradulations Wheezydog !  Email me your address and I will ship them to you monday. I always like this story of Black Diamond and often wondered what he tasted like  To me this is what makes collecting coins so fascinating, researching the historical background of any particular coin series. Edited by CuprousCoin
01/18/2009 12:19 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! THANK YOU CuprousCoin THANK YOU - THANK YOU!
I really needed those holders badly. You are right on time with those. Thanks so much!
I don't think I am going to order a Black Diamond Steak anytime soon after knowing that ole Black Diamond got sick and disabled.
They bulk sell marinated steaks in my area that are vacuum portion packed in 8 oz or 12 oz size and they go by Black Diamond Steaks on Restaurant menus.
PM Sent!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't know what became of the automobile robe but the head used to be, and maybe still is, owned by Bill Fivaz.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Hello there CuprousCoin! What a very nice and neatly wrapped package I have here!
I am admiring the box as I type and I bet there are the various size 2x2 plastic holders inside.
You sure did make this a very nice prize to win and shipped it priority at your cost!
On Sunday I will fill every holder you have sent me. This should be fun.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
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Wasn't Black Diamond also on a two dollar note  John1  |
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Rest in Peace
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The game field for the Negro Baseball League?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Edited by TNG
01/23/2009 10:00 pm
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Congratulation wheezydog! Nice and interesting story.
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Posted 01/18/2009 11:19 am
I GOT EVEN MORE LUCKY!
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