Talk:American Buffalo (coin)

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Did you know... that the American Buffalo gold bullion coin will be the first .9999 fine 24-karat gold coin released by the United States Mint?

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++Lar: t/c 12:17, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates[edit]

The images on this page are Featured picture candidates. Please see Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/American Buffalo Proof for more information. Jo e I 12:38, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

symbology? / loose letters[edit]

what's with the W and the F behind the indian's neck and on his shoulder? I've looked around a little and some of the other coins also have similar marks. I looked for some mention on other articles such as United States coinage to no avail.

Does anyone know what those are supposed to mean? VdSV9•♫ 13:42, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The 'w' is a mint mark, indicating the coin was minted in West Point Mint, New York. See, http://www.frbatlanta.org/invoke_brochure.cfm?objectid=83FD41FF-9AF0-11D5-898400508BB89A83&method=display_body and http://www.coinworld.com/NewCollector/MintMarks.asp - Lance

Yes, and I assume the F is the engravers mark, James Earle Fraser. Jo e I 14:03, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alright! Thanks for the fast response.VdSV9•♫

Maybe this info could be put in some of the coin articles? Er... I don't really know this stuff so I'll leave it to someone who knows just what he's doing. VdSV9•♫ 15:18, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

added it in distribution part. Jo e I 17:13, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Price of Buffalo Coin[edit]

I understand that User:E20Ci may perhaps feel he "owns" the Buffalo Coin article since he wrote it, but the price is NOT based on the spot price of gold and a small premium. The mint has announced a FIXED price of $800. Spot on gold is under $600. True buillion coins like the American Eagle are based on spot plus premium. In the future the price of the AB will fluctuate to the market, but not now. -- Cecropia 18:10, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The F stands for First Strike; this makes the coin rare.

There are two versions of the Buffalo coin: an uncirculated coin sold through the Mint's authorized dealers (essentially wholesalers) with the same pricing structure as the Mint's 1-oz Gold Eagles; and a proof version sold by the Mint directly to the public. The uncirculated coin prices change daily with the spot price of gold; the proof prices are fixed at the Mint, possibly at $800 as stated above.

The F stands for Fraser, not "First Strike." With 217,000 coins being sold the first five weeks, the coin is hardly rare.

300,000 as far as currency and especially for currency is not overly numerous...good number!!

What do you call a mound of dirt?[edit]

"On the reverse stands an American bison on a mound of dirt, commonly refered to as a buffalo." Coconino 20:57, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Male Buffalo[edit]

In this coin, the buffalo's penis is showing. It's kind of funny, but it makes me not want to get any type of Buffalo coin. Why couldn't they have a female buffalo? Then again, Sweeden and Finland look like reproductive organs on the Euro, and the Europeans don't seem to mind. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kvn8907 (talk • contribs) 18:02, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Gold Buffalo article[edit]

Does Gold Buffalo describe the same coin as in this article? --Piet Delport 00:26, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

seems so to me, I've added the appropiate merge tags. Jo e I 05:09, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've completed the merge Orchid Righteous 03:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! --Piet Delport 21:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bullion Coin[edit]

What is a bullion coin? --Gbleem 03:12, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is a problem with the Distribution section.[edit]

Read it for yourself. The last paragraph needs some revision.

History[edit]

This article says:

This was the first time ever that the United States Government has minted pure (.9999) 24-karat gold coins for the public

That surprised me; I thought they were commonplace a century ago. I looked at American Gold Eagle, expecting that to be about coins used a century ago, and it's about a coin not released until very recently, in 1986. Where's the article about the gold eagle coins used a century ago? Michael Hardy 19:15, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The coins then were not that pure, maybe .900-.975, but low enought to where they were not "bullion" coins. Try here. Eagle (United States coin), Gold dollar. :) Jo e I 08:24, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Liberty?[edit]

How can you have the word 'Liberty' next to a depiction of a member of a conquered people? This coin really is a joke.

-Clever! but save that for political philosophy page!! the whole institution is highly hypocritical...

2008 American Buffalo Celebration Coin[edit]

According to the mint's website, they are releasing a different version of the coin this year, but I can't tell from the description what's physically different about the coin. The packaging is a little different, but why is it $300+ more than the previous years' coins? blx (talk) 20:52, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replica Imitation Versions?[edit]

I have removed this section. It's been unsourced for over a year and really doesn't add anything to the article. --Coingeek (talk) 01:01, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]