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Most "Buffalo" Were Killed! Now We Know Why!

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 Posted 02/05/2010  02:07 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add joe finds to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers

It all started with this one . . . and the unfortunate 'Birthmark' on his back.
I didn't see this when I photographed it, but couldn't miss it when looking through some things I may have missed.
Gotta love this one!

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 Posted 02/05/2010  08:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bryan1315 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
not sure I understand what you are trying to say with this one
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 Posted 02/05/2010  11:38 am  Show Profile   Check GO's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GO to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think you are seeing things that are not there.....or that aren't relevant.

Might I suggest the following question instead of making your own uneducated conclusion....

"Hey guys I took a photo of this nickel. Do you see something off about it. I wasn't sure. Thanks"
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 Posted 02/05/2010  3:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jokingjoker to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I see it, its in the shape of a ....!
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I see it, its in the shape of a ....!

I think what you are seeing is on EVERY Buffalo nickel. The only thing I see on this one that isn't supposed to be there looks like either a majic marker mark or something just stuck to the coin
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 Posted 02/05/2010  4:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jokingjoker to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

I see that too, just trying to guess what joefinds is talking about.
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I see it... on the side of the buffalo, just in front of the hind leg? Is that what we're talking about?
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everything mentioned is on EVERY Buffalo nickel except the black mark so that is the only thing that he could be talking about but don't know what the big deal is supposed to be because it is just something on the coin that is not supposed to be there. Since it seems no one has looked at a Buffalo nickel closely here is a picture of the way they look (without the black mark)

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 Posted 02/05/2010  7:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jokingjoker to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Joe, just to clear things up. What exactly are you talking about?
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The Buffalo weren't killed until they got "speared"!



http://www.coinresource.com/news/ne...kel_2005.htm
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I remember when those speared Buffalo's were selling for stupid money. I don't know what they sell for now but when they were first found they were a couple hundred dollars a piece
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Really! well, to be specific, at the base of the hump of the shoulders -level with the top of the neck. The first letter , the center of that letter is black! And the last letter , the center of the letter is black also. Only one letter inbetween them. So from the wery back of the hump where the shaggy hair and smooth body meet, it creats a line that points at about 8:00 - the letters are sitting right on top of that line in the hump.
If you can't see this three letter word, it must be a message Just to me?
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 Posted 02/06/2010  10:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dave42 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I still have no clue what you are talking about. Try to be a little MORE specific, and not give us riddles.
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Ok Joe,

Enough of the clandestine "Do you see what I see" posts. If you think you see something in your photos, edit them and place lines or circles around what you would like clarification on. At a minimum you are confusing new members that are trying to learn numismatics. Your grasp on varieties and errors is very weak. We will help you, and try to lead you in the right direction so everyone can learn, but posts like your latest one here is not helping. Apparently my last post asking you to be more specific didn't sink in all of the way. The attempt was there I guess, but it still seems like you like a good mystery. We do not.

I put my decoder ring on again(For the last time mind you), and I'm thinking that you somehow see letters of some sort in the buffalo's hump? Also, if you are talking about the yellow/brown line running through the "U" in United at the edge of the coin, it looks like residue of some type.

I think you are trying too hard once again to find something. This is a worn nickel, no more, no less.
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 Posted 02/06/2010  9:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add joe finds to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry all, and the word described at the bottom center of the hump is . . ."die". lower case just like this.
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Okay Joe, I finally see what you have been talking about (I think). If you had not 'spelled' it out, I doubt that anyone other than you would ever have seen it though. This is a real difficult 'where's waldo' type of picture, and a person would have to be in a certain state of mind to dwell on staring blankly at a close up long enough to see things. I do believe that some folks do this when they are looking for phantom 'E's on Morgan dollars. If a person stares long enough at something, the mind will play tricks, and you might even be able to see the Preamble of the Constitution in that buffalo hide. I suggest; do not stare too hard or too long searching for things are unknown, but rather search out and become familiar with those features that 'are' known to exist.
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