

5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel" · “Buffalo Nickel”
United States · 1913–1938 · Copper
The coin
The Buffalo Nickel
In 1913 the United States put a real American bison on one side of its five-cent piece and a Native American on the other. For 25 years it was the most American coin in your pocket — and a single over-polished die turned one date into a four-legged legend with three legs.
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