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Buffalo Nickels

As part of a drive to beautify our nation’s coinage, President Taft commissioned artist James Earle Fraser to redesign the 5-cent piece. The result was the Indian Head or “Buffalo” nickel—an American icon that became one of the most widely collected coins of the 20th century. The new nickel embodied the spirit of the Old West, with an obverse design featuring an authentic composite portrait of three Native American subjects and an American Bison on the reverse. Unlike most prior U.S. coins that possessed abundant and smooth background fields, the Buffalo nickel was boldly filled with design elements stretching to all edges and set on an irregular background in bas-relief. Production continued until the design was replaced by the Jefferson nickel in 1938. Today, the Buffalo nickel is vanishingly scarce in circulation but lives on strongly in the hearts and cabinets of coin collectors and enthusiasts.

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1916-1938 Buffalo Nickel & Deluxe Display Box (2)
1916-1938 Buffalo Nickel & Deluxe Display Box
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Art Carved Buffalo Nickel, Modern Design in Deluxe Display Box (3)
Art Carved Buffalo Nickel, Modern Design in Deluxe Display Box
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1930-1938 Buffalo Nickel Brilliant Uncirculated & Wood Box (3)
1930-1938 Buffalo Nickel Brilliant Uncirculated & Wood Box
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1913 D
1913-D Buffalo Nickel NGC MS-67 Type 1
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1927 5C (3)
1927 Buffalo Nickel PCGS MS-66
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Nickel Five Cent Pieces-Indian Head or Buffalo (3)
1935-S Buffalo Nickel CACG MS 63+
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1936-S 5C (4)
1936-S Buffalo Nickel PCGS MS-67+ CAC
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Nickel Five Cent Pieces-Indian Head or Buffalo
1938-D/S Buffalo Nickel PCGS MS-67+ Buffalo CAC
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Nickel Five Cent Pieces-Indian Head or Buffalo (2)
1938-D/D Buffalo Nickel PCGS MS-67+ Buffalo CAC
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1938 D (4)
1938-D Buffalo Nickel NGC MS-67+ CAC
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