1917 Buffalo Nickel
1917 Buffalo Nickel
51,424,029 is the number the Philadelphia Mint coined of the 1917 Buffalo Nickel. Most of the the coins minted were a of pretty good quality, problems with some of the dies that were used caused some of the coins to have some surface problems making them look gritty.
9,190,800 is the number of coins the Denver Mint struck and the mint in San Francisco made 4,193,000 coins. Most of the coins minted in Denver were of an "ok" quality but finding coins with really fine details would be a difficult task. The coins struck at the San Francisco Mint were weak in some of the details of the coin's key points .
Two interesting varieties are known with the 1917 Buffalo Nickel.
At the Philadelphia Mint Doubled Die Reverse coins have been found. The Denver Mint also had a problem with the dies overlapping creating some coins with 3 1/2 legs on the reverse. With the collectors this is a popular coin to collect.
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1918 Buffalo Nickel Keydate Coin
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1913 Buffalo Nickel, The First Year
1913 Buffalo Nickel
The 1913 Buffalo Nickel was the first year it (also known as the Indian Head Nickel) was minted. Each of the 3 Mints, Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco took part in producing the coins.
In 1913 Buffalo Nickel was made in two types. Type I was the initial release. On the reverse the buffalo and the word Five Cent is on a raised mound. In Type II the buffalo is on a flat plain and the word Five Cents is recessed. The mint realized that the type 1 raised areas would wear more quickly and made the changes. Only the first coins made from 1913 were Type 1. Type 2 coins were made from 1913-1938.
The Philadelphia mint minted 30,992,000 Type 1 coins and 29,856,186 Type 2 coins.
The Denver mint made 5,337,000 Type I coins and 4,156,000 Type II coins.
The San Francisco mint struck 2,105,000 Type I coins and 1,209,000 Type II coins. The San Francisco Type II is considered to be one of the key date coins of the Buffalo Nickel coins.
The Philadelphia Mint minted 1,520 Type I proofs along with 1,514 Type II Matte Proof coins.
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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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