Huge dissapointment

[jnb1994]

So I am a cashier at a supermarket. I make sure to check the coins in the drawer with the hope of finding a special coin, especially silver. Up until today I have only found the occasional bicentennial quarter and wheat pennies. Today I was looking through my drawer and saw a special coin sitting there in the drawer. I saw a nickel with a buffalo on it. And it was in great condition too. I put it to the side and put a nickel of my own into the drawer. Then I took a closer look at the nickel and was very dissapointed when I flipped it over and saw that it wasn't in fact a buffalo nickel, but rather a 2005. Probably some memorial coin. I haven't seen it before, or if I have it was before I became interested in coins. Guess I'll just have to keep hunting.

 

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[rfishoutofwater]

those are from 2005 - common

Mint offers new bison nickel to public - Business - Personal finance - msnbc.com

 

[The_EE]

What you want to look for is this

 

[d2arcing]

that sucks. today i opened up a cash register. 1928, 36, 56 wheats

 

[frankendime]

Look at all those 2005 Buffaloes for what looks like a spear going thru it's back. Called a speared buffalo, they are out there.

 

[SilverForBrains]

I love the idea of bringing back old coin designs, but they always fall short. The relief on new nickels is terrible, it's almost like a thin black outline compared to the texture that you find on an old buffalo nickel (just look at the pic that was posted a few replies above this one). On that note the new nickels I think are terribly ugly, the side view ain't flattering jefferson at all. I mean, just because we use cheap metals in todays coins does that mean we have to use cheap dies too?

 

[jnb1994]

Ya as soon as I got home I lookes up the real buffalo nickel to see what I was looking for. Being new to the coin hunting I didn't realize that they made replicas. Oh well