The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 14, April 3, 2005, Article 8

SPEARED BISON VARIETY DISCOVERER INTERVIEWED

Another colorfully-named U.S. coin variety is being
promoted. KLTV, a Texas television station, interviewed
Pamela Ryman-Moir, who discovered and named the
"speared bison" variety of the new 2005 buffalo nickel.
The web page has an image of the slabbed discovery coin
and a link to a video interview.

"An East Texas discovery is bringing in a nice piece of change.
A Van Zandt county woman found a flaw in some U.S. coins
that could be worth more than a hundred dollars.

Pam Ryman-Moir said she was just like most interested coin
collectors, waiting on the release of the 2005 American Bison
nickel. When she got them, she found more than a few were
flawed. A line from the "E" in the writing appears to spear
through the bison.

Collector magazines are crediting her with the finding the flaw.
Pam said she never thought she'd be the one to ever make a
discovery."

"A market value has not been placed on the nickel but she
has sold some for more than $100. The coin is being called
"Speared Bison" at her request."

To read the full story, see: Full Story

More information, including a nice image of the variety, is
posted on the VarietyNickels web site:

"Pamela Ryman-Moir of Texas was recently searching some
bank wrapped rolls of 2005-D Buffalo Reverse Jefferson
nickels, the third new design of the Westward Journey Nickel
Series released by the U.S. Mint late last month, when she
came across what she is terming the "Speared Bison" Jefferson
nickel. The term comes from what is easily seen as a large
vertical die gouge on the reverse directly thru the mid section
of the bison. Pam was fortunate enough to find 31 of these
nickels and has sent a few in for third party grading. In a
recent report, coin collector John Combs of Texas has located
87 examples of this anomaly."
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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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