United States

5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel" · “Buffalo Nickel”

United States · 1913–1938 · Copper

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40–64grades live

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MS64

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MS64

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The coin

The story

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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Designer

James Earle Fraser

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Era

The Renaissance of American Coinage

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Catalogue

Issuer: United States
Years: 1913–1938
Metal: Copper

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8 listed · each its own page

19134 live · from $29.00 19142 live · from $176.00 1916-D1 live · from $86.00 1931-S1 live · from $300.00 19363 live · from $90.00 19374 live · from $92.00 1937-S2 live · from $90.00 1938-D10 live · from $25.00

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Date193810 19367 19376 19145 19134 19353 19172 19192 19342 19151 19161 19181 19201 19231 19251 19261 19311

MintD21 S9 P3

Grade6615 6512 6710 643 121 201 351 401 531 631

GraderNGC24 PCGS20 ICG5

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1917-S 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

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1917-S 5 Cents "Buffalo Nickel"

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