How many 2005 Bison varieties are there? Besides the P, D, & S. There aren't any RPM's, etc, so I'm counting errors that are exactly duplicated on more than one coin. These are the ones I know of. Any others that are worth mentioning? 1) Speared Bison D 2) Detached Leg 3) Doubled Tail and Back 4) Runny Nose 5) Fancy "A" 6) Bad Eye 7) Hooked "E" 8) 5 Legged 9) Filled "O" 10) Die fill 11) Die crack 1 12) Die crack 2 13) Die Crack 3 14) Extra hair on Leg 15) Speared Bison P die crack 16) Speared Head 17) Speared Foot 18) plus may other filled letters, die cracks, gouges, and polishes
repunched mint mark. Yes I have Photos of most, the others are on ebay. I didn't post photos because that's a lot of pix and it would take some time. I will post any specific ones you want to see. Just name them. I don't have the speared, detached leg, or 5 legged so look on ebay for those.
I just added to the list. I think this may be one of the most searched coins of all times. I for one, am putting together a "type set" of the Bison Varieties. I finally broke down and bought a Speared Bison D as well as a P. I already have most of the other varieties, but there are a few ones I see on ebay I still need to pick up. As soon as the mint releases the next wave of bisons that are on back order, I suspect you will see a lot more new varieties.
LOL...I just realized, maybe I should call the 2 identical die crack bisons I have "William Wallace" bisons.....because it looks like they have lightening bolts shooting out of their.....ummmm....backsides. (If you've seen Braveheart, you'll know what I mean )
Do small die breaks count? I don't think I saw any of these listed. Got a few with a nice pieces with cuds on the S of CENTS and another in the E of STATES. The die break in the S of STATES comes in 2 sizes, small and large, completely filling the upper loop of the S. The cud on the E of STATES completely fills the lower section.
I found these Spiked Chin varieties in April from Southern Indiana and managed to sell a couple of them on eBay.
Who says there wasn't ? There are probably just as many, if not more, die crack and die chip errors on the old Buffs as there are on the new ones. Difference is - back then, and to a large degree even today, they were/are considered to be inconsequential by most collectors.
Veriety Bisons There are so many errors with the new Bisons it is amazing. I have a had some success selling my favorite errors on eBay, the Deatched Leg and Extra Leg errors like below. I wounder how many errors there are going to be on the new Ocean in View Nickels, I have already started to see a few die cracks listed. Kurt
