1 Nickel USA (1776 - ) Copper

Metal:
Issue year(s):
1941

Catalog reference:

Buffalo Nickels

Designer – Engraver: James Earle Fraser

Metal Composition: 75% Copper – 25% Nickel
Diameter: 21.2 mm
Mass / Weight: 5 grams

Obverse: Head of a Native American Indian right. Legend: LIBERTY / 1913

Reverse: American bison left, motto (E PLURIBUS UNUM) above its back. Raised ground below. Legend: UNITED . STATES . OF . AMERICA / FIVE CENTS

The Buffalo nickel, sometimes known as the Indian Head nickel, was an American nickel five-cent piece minted from 1913 to 1938. It was designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser.

As part of a drive to beautify the coinage, five denominations of US coins had received new designs between 1907 and 1909. In 1911, Taft administration officials decided to replace Charles E. Barber’s Liberty Head design for the nickel, and commissioned Fraser to do the work. They were impressed by Fraser’s designs showing a Native American and an American bison. The designs were approved in 1912, but were delayed several months because of objections from the Hobbs Manufacturing Company, which made mechanisms to detect slugs in nickel-operated machines. The company was unappeased by changes made in the coin by Fraser, and in February 1913, Treasury Secretary Franklin MacVeagh decided to issue the coins despite the objections.

Despite repeated attempts by the Mint to adjust the design, the coins proved to strike indistinctly, and to be subject to wear—the dates were easily worn away in circulation. In 1938, after the minimum 25–year period during which the design could not be replaced without congressional authorization had expired, the design was replaced by the Jefferson nickel designed by Felix Schlag.

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1937-D. 3 Legs. NGC graded MS-64. FS-020.2. Lovely toning on both sides with muted luster effects from the worn dies. This die-polishing variety was the first of its kind to capture the imagination of collectors. Discovered soon after its issue, 1937-D 3-leg nickels were advertised for sale in ...

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1937. NGC graded Proof 68. A fully untoned gem. A highly glossy Gem Proof that has moonbeam white patina and a razor sharp strike. No one can honestly deny the vibrancy of the surfaces, this being a top-notch brilliant-finish Buffalo Nickel. Fortunate, too, the quality shows in the fully struc ...

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1915-D. PCGS graded MS-66 PQ. CAC Approved. Housed in a new secure plus holder. Boldly struck and very choice. A satiny gem like the 1914-D from the same consignor and offering the prospective bidder graceful underlying luster. The luster supports nickel bright iridescence. Which makes it a pl ...

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1914-D. NGC graded MS-65. Well struck and untoned. A bright gem that spares no compromises with its rich nickel-gleam iridescence on both sides. Strike is much sharper than average for the Type, without the usual minor weakness that occurs at the hair braid and on certain areas of the bison. E ...

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1914-D. PCGS graded MS-66 PQ. CAC Approved. A premier example for this date. At one and the same time this is a sparkling gem of the optimum quality for this actively collected D-mint date. Rarely seen except in the finest survivors, intense luster blends effortlessly with pale toning highligh ...

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1914. PCGS graded Proof 65. Pleasing natural golden toning. Only 1,275 Proofs struck. An desirable and lustrous gem with sizzling detail beneath the natural toning. The reverse and obverse centers play host to a brilliance and satin quality always associated with the best quality Proof Buffalo ...

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1923-S Liberty Standing Quarter Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Well struck with the head nearly full. Close examination suggests this is a full head. Lightly toned around the edges. A nice origin ...

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1908-S. NGC graded MS-66 Red. Nice strike with relatively fresh color. Frosty Gem. Tied for finest at NGC. Satiny matte surfaces explode with intense luster and varying shades of coppery and gol ...

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1919-D. PCGS graded MS-63. CAC Approved. Weak strike as usually seen for the date. But overall a beautiful lustrous untoned example for this rare date. The end of the First World War, celebrated ...
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