1915 Buffalo Nickel

1915 Buffalo Nickel

The Philadelphia Mint struck 20,986,220 of the 1915 Buffalo Nickel. Most of these coins were considered to be above average quality and very eye appealing  coins to look at.

The Philadelphia Mint minted 1,050 Matte Proof Coins of the 1915 Buffalo Head Nickel. It has been found that on a few of the Matte Proof Coins a small die crack is present on the reverse.

The Denver Mint coined 7,569,500 and the San Francisco Mint made 1,505,500 coins. The coins made at the Denver Mint were not made to with attention to detail and therefore finding a coin with nice detail and quality can be difficult. At the San Francisco Mint the coins that were struck have nice details. It was suspected that Proof dies made have been used when the coins were struck.

Some interesting varieties exist with the 1915 Buffalo Nickel.
Of the coins minted at the Philadelphia Mint their has been found some coins that have a little die doubling in the date area and also on some coins overlapping of the dies caused the third feather to be removed.

At the Denver Mint a Large D was over punched on smaller D and at the San Francisco Mint their were coins with re punched mint marks.

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