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1918/7-D Buffalo Nickel Doubled Die Obverse. ... anything is possible. This Buffalo nickel was originally struck with a date of 1917, then struck again with a date of 1918, meaning the 7 is still ...
For a certain generation of American kids growing up in the middle of the 20th century, there was no greater coin thrill than coming across a Buffalo nickel. Enough of the coins were still in...
Some years, such as 1792 and 1913, produced several rare nickels that have seen their worth grow throughout the years. ... 1937-D MS Buffalo Nickel. Rare Features: Buffalo featured on coin has ...
The Buffalo nickel or Indian Head nickel is a copper–nickel five-cent piece that was struck by the United States Mint 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.
Mints use hubs bearing raised images similar to the images that appear on a coin to imprint indented images onto the ends of steel rods. Those rods become the dies which strike planchets making them into coins. Hub and die errors can occur at the time the dies are made, when the dies are installed into presses, and from die deterioration during ...
The design of the American Buffalo gold bullion coin is a modified version of James Earle Fraser's design for the Indian Head nickel (Type 1), issued in early 1913. After a raised mound of dirt below the animal on the reverse was reduced, the Type 2 variation continued to be minted for the rest of 1913 and every year until 1938, except for 1922, 1932, and 1933 when no nickels were struck.
Buffalo nickels are nostalgic coins that were in circulation from 1913 until 1938. Once a regular discovery in everyday life, these coins are now valued antiquities from a bygone period. They were...
Key dates for the series include the 1939-D, and 1950-D nickels. The 1939-D nickel with a mintage of 3,514,000 coins is the second lowest behind the 1950-D nickel. The cause of the key date of 1939 stems from the new design that excited collectors the year prior, after the initial hype had settled down fewer nickels were saved.