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10-27-2009, 04:03 AM
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One of these is on my wish list!!. I went to the coin store yesterday and they have this beautiful 2001 proof buffalo, wish I would have been able to buy it. These coins are simply beautiful!!
Was anyone lucky enough to get in on the sale of these buffalos? Anyone?
I'll post a pic but please don't throw any verbal abuse if the pic is small. 
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10-27-2009, 06:44 AM
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I was not collecting at the time these came out. It is a pity since I would have loaded up on these. One of the few commemorative coins I have seen that the prices have not crashed.
Agree it is a beautiful coin. May break down and get one later on.
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10-27-2009, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by fretboard  One of these is on my wish list!!. I went to the coin store yesterday and they have this beautiful 2001 proof buffalo, wish I would have been able to buy it. These coins are simply beautiful!!
Was anyone lucky enough to get in on the sale of these buffalos? Anyone?
I'll post a pic but please don't throw any verbal abuse if the pic is small. | I do happen to own a 2001D Silver Buffalo. Mine isn't proof though. it is slabbed by NGC MS69. What were they asking for it?
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10-27-2009, 11:46 AM
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Even when those coins were released not everybody could get one. They were the first modern commems, that I am aware of, that were a sell out. It took 2 days. The mint web site was so overloaded it didn't even work. You had to call them. I bought 3 of each at the release and it took 3 1/2 hours of being on hold to even do that.
These are the coins that started the, shall we say, modern sell out craze. The coins jumped to over $350 each in a matter of days - raw. Slabbed some examples were selling for over $500.
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10-27-2009, 12:56 PM
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| | Runnin' Buffalo
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Originally Posted by GDJMSP Slabbed some examples were selling for over $500. | You say were as if they no longer are. Recently ive seen prices from 480-690. which is about what I had to pay for all those ones I bought (lucky me I got my money back out of them) but oddly enough the best one of the bunch that I got was a high reserve that never was met so I picked her up for 330$ guy was really desperate to sell it I guess.... shoulda just left it with out a reserve because I had bid over 500! lol  | |
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10-27-2009, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by boxerchip You say were as if they no longer are. Recently ive seen prices from 480-690. which is about what I had to pay for all those ones I bought (lucky me I got my money back out of them) but oddly enough the best one of the bunch that I got was a high reserve that never was met so I picked her up for 330$ guy was really desperate to sell it I guess.... shoulda just left it with out a reserve because I had bid over 500! lol | I haven't looked at prices for them in years, but I know they dropped to under $200 for either the Proof or the Unc. Saw that with my own eyes.
Now are you talking about PF70/MS70 being that high or are you saying the 69's are too ?
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10-27-2009, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by GDJMSP I haven't looked at prices for them in years, but I know they dropped to under $200 for either the Proof or the Unc. Saw that with my own eyes.
Now are you talking about PF70/MS70 being that high or are you saying the 69's are too ? |
only PF70s are that high, the ms70s are running more around 300s-500s
Raw coins are doing sub 200s you are correct.
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10-27-2009, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by furham I do happen to own a 2001D Silver Buffalo. Mine isn't proof though. it is slabbed by NGC MS69. What were they asking for it? | At the coin store I went to they were asking $275 and it is a beauty! The owner of the store told me that the proof and the unc go for the same price at his store. I never gave one a second thought but now I want one. They only had a double set until now, so that's really what changed my tune. 
From what Doug says, their $275 price seems to be fair enough. Now I gotta save or re-route them dollars!! Of course with Xmas coming up I may have to start working on the wife. Dang! I hope she never reads this. | |
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10-27-2009, 05:07 PM
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I bought the 2-pc sets. I think the 2-pc set was apx $64 each.
I hit redial about 60+ times before I got my order in........
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10-27-2009, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by fretboard At the coin store I went to they were asking $275 and it is a beauty! The owner of the store told me that the proof and the unc go for the same price at his store. I never gave one a second thought but now I want one. They only had a double set until now, so that's really what changed my tune.
From what Doug says, their $275 price seems to be fair enough. Now I gotta save or re-route them dollars!! Of course with Xmas coming up I may have to start working on the wife. Dang! I hope she never reads this. | $199.99 for proof at Mint Products, Inc: http://www.mintproducts.com/index.as...ROD&ProdID=439
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10-27-2009, 12:52 PM
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This is one of the most beautiful coins ever made imho. bought 4 pf70s looking for a perfect one (keep getting ones with spots or toning, etc) and finally found it! frostyyyy fields and not a spot on her!
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10-27-2009, 01:26 PM
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I was alerted about them on another coin forum and fought to get through to the mint!!
Result was: (5) C&C sets; (5) Proof singles and (5) Proof & Unc. sets I still haven't sold any yet but plan to keep at least 1 of the two coin sets and a C&C set!! There were some complaints by some picky Buffalo experts? They said the Buffalo was too humped up and wasn't a true replica of the original but time has proved them wrong, I believe since the coin is much more at home on the dollar size than on the nickel! (not to take anything away from Frazier's depiction!)
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10-27-2009, 05:27 PM
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| | Wise young snail
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I got one on the secondary market in 2003/4 for $130. I love this coin.  I also managed to get a 1/10 gold buffalo to go with it. B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L design.
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10-27-2009, 05:35 PM
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Gorgeous coins. Always in demand.
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10-27-2009, 06:12 PM
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I got the C&C set and two proof 2001 silver Buffalo's, funny though, as many coins I have sent to NGC graded, I have not had the 2001's graded, just loved them like they were.
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